A dated feed of new evidence, news, and ideas — the living layer that keeps this work current. Showing September 2025.
A credible reality check to keep the case honest: even the most successful humanoid-robot companies have deployed only a small handful of machines in tightly controlled pilots, and the market is still ‘almost entirely hypothetical.’ Demand, battery life, reliability, and safety all remain unsolved — and a former Agility executive notes AI ‘is not robust enough to meet the requirements of the market.’ The disruption is real, but the timeline is longer and messier than the hype — which is exactly why the call is readiness, not prediction. IEEE Spectrum →
For the first time in decades, Gen Z and Millennials are attending church more often than older generations — the typical Gen Z churchgoer now averages 1.9 weekends a month, nearly double 2020. Barna calls it a ‘powerful sign of rising openness to faith.’ A durable anchor for this whole document’s hope: disruption or not, a spiritual hunger among the young is already stirring. Barna Group →
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