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Jeff Bezos reveals why he thinks AI will cause a labor shortage, not mass unemployment "There's so many people who are afraid AI is going to take their job. I think there's going to be a labor shortage as a result" "All these smart people keep saying there's going to be no more radiologists because AI can read X-rays better, no more software engineers because AI can program better. These people are wrong" "What's really going to happen is it's going to elevate all of these people. You've been digging out a basement with a shovel, and somebody is about to hand you a bulldozer" "We're going to have so much productivity that a lot of people with two-earner income households, one of them is going to drop out of the workforce" "I predict we will actually have deflation of certain core things. Food will get cheaper and housing construction will get cheaper"

In a major medical breakthrough, South Korean scientists have successfully implanted the world’s first 3D-printed windpipe made entirely from a patient’s own cells. The groundbreaking procedure was performed on a woman who had lost part of her trachea after thyroid cancer surgery. Using advanced bioprinting technology, researchers created a personalized windpipe by combining the patient’s own living cells with a biodegradable scaffold. Because the implant was made from her own biological material, her body recognized it as natural tissue. This resulted in zero rejection and eliminated the need for lifelong immune-suppressing drugs — a common requirement in traditional organ transplants. The successful integration marks a significant step forward in regenerative medicine and personalized organ replacement.

absolutely remarkable

Progress rarely announces itself quietly, and Joel Mokyr’s career is a reminder that the future can still surprise us.