Summary

  • The 145th Weekly Dose of Optimism includes the following topics:
  • Sam & Jony, Google I/O, Nuclear EOs, Creatine & Alzheimer’s, CRISPR, Abundance, Two Vaticans with Reggie James
  • Sam and Jony’s (Ive) company, “io” is merging with OpenAI.
  • Google I/O highlighted new AI features.
  • The Trump Administration is speeding up nuclear power plant approvals.
  • A new study shows that Creatine supplements may help with Alzheimer’s symptoms.
  • Prime Research used CRISPR prime editing to treat a teenager’s rare immune disorder.
  • The Abundance Institute celebrated its one-year birthday with a Policy Summit and Gala.
  • Reggie James wrote an essay on the relationship between technology and spirituality, Silicon Valley, and Rome, and Pope Leo V1.

By Daniel McCormick

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