The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• A Harvard economist calculated exactly how much the Iran war will cost U.S. taxpayers—and it’s staggering [6d]
• Money market funds: 3 things you should know about using them in your portfolio [6d]
• Meta is reportedly building a Mark Zuckerberg AI clone [6d]
• Why giant homebuilders are sticking with Sun Belt growth markets despite housing market weakness [6d]
• Today is World Quantum Day. Here’s why it matters more than you think [6d]
• Nearly a third of workers admit to sabotaging their company’s AI strategy [6d]
• The Cobra Effect: why managing by metrics backfires [6d]
• Adam McKay’s new movie offers a glimpse at advertising’s final frontier: your dreams [6d]
• How we make decisions, and how to reach people who’ve already made up their minds [6d]
• What good AI in government actually looks like [6d]
• OpenAI CEO’s attacker faces attempted murder charges after throwing a device at Sam Altman’s home [6d]
• 2nd round of U.S.-Iran peace talks are underway, as Strait of Hormuz blockade enters first full day [6d]
• 7-Eleven is closing hundreds of stores: List of doomed retail locations grows in 2026 as chain seeks to reduce costs [6d]
• CoreWeave stock keeps going up: 3 reasons why the AI cloud-computing company is on fire this week [6d]
• A professional auctioneer’s tips for commanding the room [6d]
• We’ve entered a new era of risk for the modern CEO [6d]
• Emma Grede says caring about money doesn’t make you selfish [6d]
• This one shift in Gen Alpha’s habits could reshape the entire snack industry [6d]
• TaskRabbit founder: the pivot is the point [6d]
• Why Big Tech companies got quiet on climate change [6d]
• Here’s how to jump-start your company’s AI transformation in 90 days [6d]
• Why Trump’s proposed gilded arch is so tall [6d]
• An AI agent opened a store in San Francisco. Then it forgot the staff [6d]
• Why women stay broke—and how to change it, according to Emma Grede [6d]
• 5 signs your team isn’t aligned even if they’re all nodding [6d]
• Why the Iran cyberattack everyone warned about hasn’t really happened yet [7d]
• Lauren Sánchez Bezos’s happiness routine is going viral for the wrong reasons [7d]
• Trump posted an AI image of himself as Jesus. This time even his supporters are pushing back [7d]
• McDonald’s next big bet is quenching your thirst [7d]
• Hollywood stars blast the Paramount-Warner merger in an open letter [7d]
• Hardee’s is reopening dozens of restaurants: See a list of closed locations that are back in business [7d]
• AI is rewriting the rules of biological experiments, but safety regulations aren’t keeping up [7d]
• How ongoing sterility issues set off a massive eye drop recall [7d]
• 4 myths about AI in hiring, debunked [7d]
• LinkedIn’s Chief Economic Opportunity Officer on how to get ahead in the age of AI [7d]
• Issa Rae has a trick for pushing diverse projects in an anti-DEI industry. Her advice is going viral [7d]