Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points.
Why it matters: The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity"), signals that the Vatican is aggressively positioning itself as a central moral authority in the global tech debate.
🔥 AI explosion: Nvidia reported $81.6B in revenue Wednesday — up 85% year-over-year. Jensen Huang called it "the largest infrastructure expansion in human history." He's right.
Noodle on this: Nvidia added $37B in revenue year-over-year in a single quarter. That's like building the entire global empire of Starbucks ($37.2B in '25) from scratch.
We get paid to anticipate the future by recognizing fact patterns. Here's our honest read on 2028:
Several forces will converge by then — toxic political fragmentation, superintelligent AI and a platform shift bigger than social media — hitting simultaneously, not sequentially.
Why it matters: CEOs who aren't stress-testing their strategy against this collision right now might get upended by it.
The media machinery that once tracked movie stars and politicians is tracking you, too.
Why it matters: Bad behavior, dumb comments and company scandals that were once easy to contain are now viral content waiting to happen. And most comms teams are still thinking Bloomberg, not TMZ.
Bruce Mehlman, a Republican lobbyist, Substacker and Axios favorite, gave me a preview of his Six-Chart Sunday newsletter that published yesterday, focused on good news to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.
Some data he flagged that stuck out to me:
The U.S. homicide rate fell to its lowest level in over a century.
A gunman who opened fire nearthe White House Saturday night died after Secret Service officers shot him.
The big picture: The incident, which happened while President Trump was at the White House, comes four weeks after another gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Americans trust certain prediction markets, trading platforms and sportsbooks more than some of the country's blue-chip corporations, though men are less likely to trust them than women.
Why it matters: Burgeoning gambling culture is fostering a nation of risk takers, prompting a debate over predatory practices, healthy behavior and the state of the economy.
