Next Draft - This is Africa
Many of us know the aches and pains associated with getting older. It turns out that countries experience something similar as their populations age, putting pressure on the economy, the social safety net, and health systems. "Caregivers in Italy, which is expected to have 12 percent fewer people by 2050, are experimenting with robots to look after the aged. The prime minister of Japan, where the median age is 48, warned in January that his society was 'on the verge' of dysfunction." Having a top-heavy society is the opposite of what's happening in Africa, a continent experiencing a youth movement that will have impacts across the region and around the world. "Within the next decade, Africa will have the world’s largest work force, surpassing China and India. By the 2040s, it will account for two out of every five children born on the planet ... By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African, a seismic change that’s already starting to register. You can hear it in the music the world listens to. You can see it in movies, fashion and politics. You can sense it in the entrepreneurial drive of young Africans, and the urgent scramble for jobs. You can see it in the waves of youth who risk all to migrate, and in the dilemmas of those who remain." Declan Walsh in NYT (Gift Article): The World Is Becoming More African. 2FTX SBF SOLCrypto is complicated. Apparently fraud isn't. It took a jury only 4 hours to find SBF guilty on all charges. "FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams of a future run for president — hit rock bottom Thursday when a New York jury convicted him of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors." FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers. 3Tent Up Demand"An internal spreadsheet, created by two organizers and updated by assigned administrators, keeps track of around 60 folks per tent. Most of them are young women, but no one under 18 is allowed. Based on a ranking system gathering everybody’s total time, the longer you’ve been in a tent, the higher the chances of being one of the first in line. A fan named Carmen tells me she’s spent more than 300 total hours, or 12-and-a-half days, in the tents." Worried a friend or loved one is getting a little too into Taylor Swift? Trust me, it could be worse. Meet the Argentine Taylor Swift Fans Who Have Been Camping Out for the Eras Tour Since June. 4Weekend WhatsWhat to Doc: "In one of the most grueling and psychologically challenging endurance races in the world, a hundred runners come together to take on a treacherous, continuous one mile loop in the mountains of Tennessee for over 30 straight hours….until only one is left standing." You may find the main protagonist, Chadd with two Ds, a bit odd or even a bit irritating. But you'll end up taking him on every run, hike, or hill you climb. Just. One. Mile. And if you've never seen it, don't miss The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young. 5Extra, ExtraNo Middle Ground: "We’ve provided Israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimize civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing Hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence." Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East, Netanyahu says Israel opposes temporary ceasefire unless all hostages are freed, US drones searching for hostages, IDF targets ambulance in Gaza, saying Hamas is using them for transport, Israeli officials recommend those traveling abroad to avoid 'openly displaying Israeli and Jewish symbols,' Hezbollah chief breaks his silence. Here's the latest from CNN, BBC, and NBC. 6Feel Good Friday"Some automotive tech students at a high school in Virginia have been working all year to fix up a car to surprise a single mother with six kids." Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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