Looking Forward by Stephen Johnston

Four For Friday | February 6, 2026

LF206 Lobbgevity, trickle-down AI and the developing world, AI changes your identity, Saudi's white elephant + AI tool of the week: Synta

Feb 6 • Stephen Johnston

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January 2026

Four For Friday | Jan 30, 2026

LF205 Civilisation OS, Silver Linings of an aging population, Anthropic's CEO on the state of the world, taking on Mark Carney and book of the week…

Jan 30 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Jan 23, 2026

LF204 Reverse centaurs, home as medicine, GLP1s and life insurance, a city's response to the polycrisis + voice AI

Jan 23 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Jan 16, 2026

LF203 Open science operating system, lessons from CES, AI vs. civic institutions, data unions + quote of the week. Enjoy!

Jan 16 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Jan 9, 2026

LF202 Relational Service Design, reinventing innovation consulting, Silicon Valley vs China's Communist Party, Siemens' Digital Twin + ChatGPT Health

Jan 9 • Stephen Johnston

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December 2025

Four For Friday | Dec 19, 2025

LF201 Ten AI-driven European city makeovers, Australia and the XPrize, Immunotherapy for heart disease, poetry breaks AI + Claude comes to Chrome

Dec 19, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Dec 12, 2025

LF200 Weak signals of what's to come up in 2026, Superpower's roadmap, Living Laps going mainstream, the power of the Pomegranate + The Hunger to be…

Dec 13, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Dec 5, 2025

LF199 | Climate models that ignore wellbeing, a new healthspan metric: Joy, cities as climate champions, Japan invests $65bn in AI + Michael…

Dec 5, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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November 2025

Four For Friday | Nov 28, 2025

LF198 | Innovation is chaos avoidance, menstrual biomarkers, AI can do a tenth of US jobs, four digital health scenarios + Stephen Fry short video

Nov 28, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Nov 21, 2025

LF197 | Europe's paralyzing precautionary principle, Apple's new 3D printing innovations, WHO on health AI across Europe, asset managers embrace systems…

Nov 21, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Nov 14, 2025

LF196 | More languages means healthier aging, fixing lysosomes could also help, quantum is here, $300m for climate-related health + Amazon's procurement…

Nov 14, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Nov 7, 2025

LF195 | Recycling plastic, impact investing goes Big, hollowing out of the left, China's longevity boom + Google's Pomelli

Nov 8, 2025 • Stephen Johnston

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