AI can be a game changer for neurodivergent employees | Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying | The U.S. needs 'bipartisan' leadership and a 'strong middle' politically, Ray Dalio says | Your Friends Don’t All Have to Be the Same Age

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� � � � � � AI can be a game changer for neurodivergent employees - Fortune    Managing workplace communication is a challenge for anyone: How do you make sure your boss knows what you’ve achieved without seeming to brag? How do you kindly convey corrective feedback to a direct report? And what about all that jargon—“moving the needle,” “building the plane while flying it,” and the incessant talk of back and front burners?  But for neurodivergent workers, navigating the nuances of workplace communication can become a daily source of stress and anxiety. When Billy Hendry, who has dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism was laid off from his job as a project manager at a New Zealand information technology company, he was daunted. In the past, Hendry has struggled with some of the key tasks necessary for getting a job: writing a well-crafted cover letter and résumé, for example, and communicating with a potential employer by email. “I believe I’m able to interview really well, but it’s that initial selling myself on a piece of paper that I struggle with,” he says. Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying - The Economist    In Brisbane, just south of San Francisco, an industrial building leased by Heirloom, another startup, has an oddly similar vibe: that of careful experiments aimed at optimising a pretty run-of-the-mill process about which no one has previously cared very much. Floor-to-ceiling racks like those you might see in a bakery are filled with trays of slaked lime, an alkaline compound made by first heating up limestone, a carbonate rock, so as to produce carbon dioxide and calcium oxide, or quicklime, and then reacting the quicklime with water. Expose this slaked lime to air and it absorbs carbon dioxide, turning back into limestone. Heirloom is working on how to process that slaked lime and spread it on the trays so as to accelerate its regression to limestone. That limestone will then be fed into a type of oven called a calciner to be turned back into carbon dioxide (for storage) and quicklime that is ready to be slaked, trayed and fed through the whole process again. Sitting next to the calciner is a gas cylinder which contains the very first carbon dioxide to have been removed from the air this way. It is emblazoned with the proud signatures of most of the workforce. There are scores of such companies currently scaling intriguing CDR ideas up into commercial propositions. Their number reflects a lot of idealism, interest from governments, venture capitalists and big tech, and the sheer number of ways in which cdr might be done. These myriad ways, though, are all prey to the CDR trilemma. An ideal CDR technique should store carbon in a way that is easily monitored and verified, so people can know how much carbon is stored; it should be able to work on a large scale; and its costs should be low. As is the way with trilemmas, achieving more than two out of three is hard. Continued here � � � � � � The U.S. needs 'bipartisan' leadership and a 'strong middle' politically, Ray Dalio says - CNBC    As the U.S. gears up for its next presidential election in 2024, the country needs a "strong middle" political ground and bipartisan cooperation, according to Ray Dalio, founder of investment company Bridgewater. "If you bring the sides together in a bipartisan way, and you create a strong middle, that's what the country needs in order to be healthy, I believe," Dalio said Tuesday in conversation with CNBC's Dan Murphy onstage at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Two things are crucial for the U.S. in this process, Dalio said: Firstly, he assesses that those with extreme political views should be alienated. Secondly, the country needs to "bring together the smart moderates to work together, and then to be able to make important reforms" to enable addressing issues such as the wealth gap. Continued here � � � � � � Your Friends Don't All Have to Be the Same Age - The Atlantic    When the young and the old befriend one another, everyone can benefit. So why doesn’t it happen more? When you think of your closest friends, who comes to mind? Perhaps the college roommate you used to confide in while the two of you lay on your twin beds. Maybe the co-worker from your first job with whom you’d debrief and laugh after every meeting, or the neighbor you played with as a child. Regardless of how you met these people, they likely have one key thing in common: They’re all roughly the same age as you. Most Americans don’t seem to have much age diversity in their friendships. A 2023 study found that, for a group of young adults ages 21 to 30, more than 80 percent of the people in their social circles, not counting relatives, were born within five years of them. Even looking at a broader age range, nearly 63 percent of adults don’t have any close friends who are at least 15 years older or younger than them, according to a 2019 AARP survey. Spending our time with such a narrow group of people can fuel age segregation and isolate us—a concerning prospect at a moment when almost a fifth of American adults say they feel lonely for much of the day. These limitations also keep us from other generations’ perspectives and potentially surprising points of connection. Younger pals can be a reminder of past selves; older friends can offer a glimpse into the future. Having fun with someone decades older or younger than you can take off the pressure to “act one’s age,” whatever that means. We should all make more friends of different generations. Continued here

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