Looking Forward by Stephen Johnston

Four For Friday | Oct 23, 2026

LF242 | BCG report on impact funds, Ford Foundation shifts focus to democracy, Rutger Bregmen schools impact investors and a breakthrough in…

Oct 23 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Oct 16, 2026

LF241 | Billionaire builders, statin-like gut microbes, what comes after social media? and fixing capitalism

Oct 16 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Oct 9, 2026

LF240 | Upgrading democracy · Let the people decide on AI’s pace · Clocking ageing · Singapore’s healthy ageing tactics

Oct 9 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Oct 2, 2026

LF239 | Health resilience correlates to populism · AI ties climate data to health outcomes · Europe’s heating cities · Collective stupidity needs…

Oct 3 • Stephen Johnston

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September 2026

Four For Friday | Sept 25, 2026

LF238 Dermocracy in a nosedive, making a market for clean cement, McKinsey on the $16 trillion health dividend and self-medicating elephants

Sep 25 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Sept 18, 2026

LF237 Why do AI agents lie and cheat?, taxi drivers’ bionic brains, populism’s health impact, Draper’s VC stack + odd startup of the week: trade on your…

Sep 18 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Sept 11, 2026

LF236 Resilience financing for a complex world, the need for a biodiversity metric, longer-lived cats, vaginal estrogen for UTIs + powerful 9/11 drone…

Sep 11 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | Sept 4, 2026

LF235 How would you improve San Francisco, congestion charging improves ambulance responses, catalytic capital, the longevity economy + AI tool…

Sep 4 • Stephen Johnston

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August 2026

Four For Friday | August 28, 2026

LF234 Walton heir - high profile systems investor, Passive Houses, longevity metric: Intrinsic Capacity, two new screenless agetech wearables + punchy…

Aug 28 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | August 21, 2026

LF233 | Funding tidal waves, spatial intlligence, Apple and distributed AI, aged care case study + poo vs peanuts

Aug 21 • Stephen Johnston

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Four For Friday | August 7, 2026

LF232 | The health(span) data gap, GLP1-s and ageing, a new climate concern: oxygen levels, building personal AGI + tool: protect your writing from AI…

Aug 7 • Stephen Johnston

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July 2026

Four For Friday | July 31, 2026

LF231 | Building the Longevity Economy via systems, young stem cells boost immunity, Casana heart seat, microplastics and heart risk + new Flux 3 AI…

Jul 31

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