Across the Table

We’re back with digital food hygiene, Singapore’s minister pay, plastic roads, interest rate hikes, brain sensors, and Buffett’s succession plan. Plus, why we missed last week!

(00:00) Why we missed last week!

(00:44) Impact of digital consumption

(03:56) Singapore's compensation plan for ministers

(06:12) Converting plastic to roads in Hawaii

(09:16) Interest rates & inflation

(10:30) Brain technology progress

(12:56) Buffett's succession planning

(15:08) Like, share and subscribe :)

This episode moves from the choices companies make today to the strange future arriving next. We unpack IKEA’s price cuts, a covert Russia-Iran operation, Uber’s robotaxi dilemma, whether AI makes writing better or merely easier, SpaceX’s plan for orbital data centers, and the remarkable calm of Apple’s CEO. Plus, Kaira picks our intro music and edits the whole episode herself.

(00:00) Intro music (Kaira's idea)

(00:42) IKEA's decision to reduce prices

(02:26) Russia's covert operation with Iran

(04:24) Uber's dilemma with robo-taxis

(06:40) Should you use AI for writing?

(09:48) SpaceX's ambitious orbital data center

(11:38) Apple's wicked calm CEO

(14:18) Our social media strategy

Today's episode is a fast tour through the technologies, policies, and ideas shaping what comes next. Here's the stories we discussed:

(00:00) Welcome back!

(00:50) LEGO gets smart

(03:35) Singapore’s $55K bet on babies

(05:52) Can solid-state batteries end range anxiety?

(07:32) Why Gen Z is embracing socialism

(09:40) The curious case for data centers

(11:52) Bill Gates on jobs that should remain human

(15:44) One small ask from us!

(00:00) Podcast intro

(00:42) Brain Algorithms

(03:36) Moderna's Skin Cancer breakthrough

(05:20) Smart Underwear

(09:25) Ralph Lauren's results; Kaira's recent discovery about how clothes changes her interest in sports

(12:04) India's power crunch