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As Climate Change Stresses Power Grids, Are Blackouts Unavoidable?
Of the innumerable climate change-linked extreme weather disasters of summer 2023, perhaps the most searing is the August 8 destruction of the town of Lahaina on Maui due to wildfire. With 115...
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Climate Change Reading List: Books for the Curious & Concerned
Observer This week marks Climate Week NYC, the annual New York City September tradition — synchronized with the UN General Assembly but typically led by the business and non-governmental community —...
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The Blindspot of ESG-Led Diversity: America’s Veterans
As major corporations champion efforts in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), America’s veterans are often excluded from the national conversation. Sure, these individuals have voluntarily chosen...
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Small Business Owners Are Facing the Unintended Consequences of Covid-Era...
For nearly four years, small businesses have endured a rollercoaster economy that took them from the depths of the pandemic to the frenetic heights of a post-Covid consumption binge. Today, small...
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Virgin Galactic Astronaut: My 20-Year Journey of Getting Ready for Space Travel
At 9:28 a.m. Mountain Time on October 6, a Virgin Galactic VSS Unity spaceship was released from its mothership aircraft, VMS Eve, at more than 44,000 feet (8.3 miles) above Earth. The mission,...
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The Tech Valuation Bubble Means Venture Capital Needs a New Approach: Investor
Since the emergence of the internet in the 1990s and the irrational exuberance of the dot-com bubble, venture capital in America has moved away from hardware companies aimed at changing our physical...
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How A.I. Could Turbocharge the Booming Satellite Industry: Top Use Cases
Space missions are hard. Consider the last two SpaceX Starship launches in November and April; both exploded. In January, a misaligned fuel valve caused the second stage of a Virgin Orbit rocket to be...
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Was COP28 a Success? Depends On Who You Ask
The United Nations’ climate summit known as COP28 concluded last Wednesday in Dubai, and the results represented a landmark—only observers can’t seem to decide if it was good or bad. President of...
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The MBA Is Dying: 3 Reasons to Ditch the Management Degree
I have bad news for the more than 250,000 students around the world who are enrolled in an MBA (Master of Business Administration) program right now: The age of the MBA has passed. You probably...
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The Morgan Stanley Art Resources Team Explains the Quirks of Art Auction Results
While there are more longstanding art market data providers available to followers of the market, ironically, in our view, the digitization of auction information and the financialization of the most...
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Does A.I. Decide Who Gets the Job? Hiring Expert Debunks 4 Myths of A.I. in HR
Artificial intelligence in hiring is the buzzy industry phrase that’s more than just buzz—it’s a trend that is here to stay. But with concepts that are new (to some), there frequently come common...
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Dissecting India’s Growing Power In the New Space Race
All signs point towards continued growth in the global space sector. Based on data from mostly the U.S. and Europe, Bank of America expects the global space economy to grow at an annual rate of 10.6...
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The Gallery of the Future: Navigating the Evolving World of Digital Art
When we imagine the future, our minds often drift to scenes filled with flying cars, towering modern buildings and technology that seamlessly responds to our every gesture. Yet in these futuristic...
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Beyond Frieze: An Insider’s Guide to What’s On in the Los Angeles Art Scene
Los Angeles continues to solidify its place as a cultural hub, attracting prominent artists, museums and New York-based galleries drawn in by its gravitational pull—not to mention Southern...
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On Arts Philanthropy: Why Everyone Wants to Be Komal Shah
This February saw the death of Lord Jacob Rothschild, a philanthropist who did much for the arts in his lifetime and had recently spoken out about how disappointed he was to find that today’s...
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How Opera’s Crisis Can Become an Opera Renaissance
Opera stands at a critical juncture. Opera America’s 2023 Annual Field Report reveals an alarming reality: a 27 percent drop in attendance and a 20 percent decline in productivity compared to...
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Food as Medicine Is Not a Silver Bullet
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician considered the father of medicine, echoed those words centuries ago. Today, that philosophy is the...
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Smart Money’s Appetite for Art-Backed Debt Investing: Sotheby’s Announces...
These days, it seems like every asset manager is offering advice to their private clients about how to build a portfolio of alternatives. J.P. Morgan says the typical range among their private bank...
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The Case for Investing in Responsible A.I.
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is having a very real impact on our politics, our workforce and our world. Chatbots and other large language models, text-to-image programs and video generators are...
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How Technology Bridges Gaps in Maternal Healthcare
Unsplash+ License More than 3.6 million babies are born each year in the U.S.—about 10,000 births per day—yet many women are unable to access adequate maternity care and more than 80 percent of...
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