Ideal Bedtime by Science | Building Cohesive Teams for Corporate Transformation | Yuval Noah Harari on AI Impact | Yuki Tsunoda: Japanese F1 Racer and Cult Star

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� � � � � � A Massive New Study of 88,000 People Says This Is When You Should Go to Bed, According to Science - Inc.com    I traveled cross-country for a conference last week, marking my first time dealing with jet lag since before the pandemic. It felt good, and it turns out that without even planning to, I'd made a simple lifestyle change that reflects a reduced risk of developing heart disease. This study behind this finding starts with something called the UK Biobank, which involved tracking the health and habits of more than 500,000 British people over 30 years, beginning in 2006.  Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects - Harvard Business Review    Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Companies have embraced this model for transformations, with data showing that 45% of the people on these projects are not regular employees. Managing a disparate group like this can be a challenge, but team leaders can overcome that by working to create one culture, making work personal, and empowering the team leader. The screenwriters’ strike that began last May, and the actors’ strike that followed in July, highlighted an employment model that has given Hollywood a highly flexible workforce for decades: The vast majority of people on a set are not studio employees but independent contractors or employees of other firms. Take, for example, the people who worked on this year’s Oscar winner for best picture, Everything Everywhere All at Once. In addition to the 42 actors; the 49 artists, set dressers, and painters; and the hundreds more who provided art, music, transportation, writing and editing, costumes, casting, sound, and stunts, the rest of the crew came from six production companies, three special-effects firms, and 28 other organizations. This model has begun to extend far beyond Hollywood. Our research shows, for example, that in early 2020, on average, employees made up only 62% of the teams responsible for transformation initiatives at 404 global technology, financial services, health care, and life sciences companies with at least $1 billion in revenue. The rest came from staffing or consulting firms or were independent contractors. By the fall of 2022, with nearly three years of the pandemic having put companies into transformation overdrive, those numbers were 55% employees and 45% non-employees. Continued here � � � � � � Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation - The Economist    This article is part of our Summer reads series. Visit the full collection for book lists, guest essays and more seasonal distractions. FEARS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) have haunted humanity since the very beginning of the computer age. Hitherto these fears focused on machines using physical means to kill, enslave or replace people. But over the past couple of years new AI tools have emerged that threaten the survival of human civilisation from an unexpected direction. AI has gained some remarkable abilities to manipulate and generate language, whether with words, sounds or images. AI has thereby hacked the operating system of our civilisation. Language is the stuff almost all human culture is made of. Human rights, for example, aren’t inscribed in our DNA. Rather, they are cultural artefacts we created by telling stories and writing laws. Gods aren’t physical realities. Rather, they are cultural artefacts we created by inventing myths and writing scriptures. Continued here � � � � � � Yuki Tsunoda: The Potty-Mouthed Japanese F1 Racer Who Became a Cult Star - The New York Times -     The impish persona and insouciant attitude of the Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda have overturned stereotypes. The next step? Showing he can keep up with rivals. The pressure was on Yuki Tsunoda. Within days, he would compete in a Formula 1 race in his home country, Japan. Bad luck had forced him out of two previous races minutes before the start, and speculation was rife that he might be demoted after some disappointing performances. Yet at a fan event in central Tokyo last week, Mr. Tsunoda appeared jovial as he shared the stage with several rivals. When a moderator asked him to teach his fellow drivers a few words of the local language, Mr. Tsunoda took the microphone and chirped, “We are all slower than Yuki” in Japanese, drawing a laugh from the hundreds of fans hoisting their cellphones for photos. Continued here

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