Comments from “The AI effect: How AI is Making Healthcare More Human" ( MIT Technology Review Insights) and a Pew Research Center survey on smart watch and wearable fitness tracker use

Comments from Richard Branson's blog post “New Year's resolutions making lists”, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Social Media and “How Much Is Too Much? The growing concern over too much added sugar in our diets” (University of California – San Francisco)

Comments from COMPASS Pathways, King's College London and Usona Institute on research to understand the therapeutic effects of psilocybin and other consciousness-expanding medicines.

Comments from “What Jobs are Affected by AI?” (Brookings Institute) and “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labor Market” (Stanford University)

Comments about vertical farming start-ups Bowery Farming, Inc. (based in New York City), AeroFarms (based in Newark, NJ), Plenty (based in South San Francisco, CA) and other market dynamics.

Consider the following four books about technology, fitness, neuroscience and nutrition - and an on-line course (non-technical) about artificial intelligence. 1) “More from Less “ (2019) by Andrew McAfee;, 2) ”Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life" (2019) by Twyla Tharp, 3) "Behave” (2017) by Robert M. Sapolsky, 4) “The China Study” (2005) by Thomas Campbell and T. Colin Campbell - and “AI For Everyone” (Coursera on-line course) by Andrew Ng

Comments for Pew Research Center’s “Experts Optimistic About the Next 50 Years of Digital Life” based on 350 interviews with pioneers, innovators, developers, business and policy leaders, researchers and activists. 72% of these respondents say there would be change for the better,

As Google announces "quantum supremacy", the competitive stakes are significant . Commercialization may take many years, but current quantum computing efforts are changing how we think about information technology – this is very exciting stuff!

Comments from MIT Sloan Management Review, Boston Consulting Group and the Economist discuss AI services - where the most transformative/disruptive will address specific/discrete tasks with better efficiency and endurance than humans.

As Pepisco focuses on six priority areas where it can make the best sustainability contribution – agriculture, water, packaging, products, climate and people”

As Alibaba Group’s Ant Financial Services Group partners with Bayer Crop Science to build a blockchain based agriculture tracking platform - the technology can help ensure product integrity/authenticity as it moves among varied supply chain participants.

Views from central banks of France and Germany, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and US Treasury

Comments on Peloton Interactive’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its IPO.

Comments by Mark Carney, head of England’s Central Bank on technology innovation within the global financial system