Daniel Fell

USA!

It turns out Amazon hasn't completely exited healthcare... www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/a...

“… more marketers are understanding that truth and trust are moving from digital communities to real-life experiences” www.wsj.com/cmo-today/yo...

Congrats Chattanooga. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

The 5 essential C’s (curiosity, courage, creativity, compassion, and communication). Good read. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/a...

Interesting trend - and perhaps not that surprising - although the public nature of it might be. The question for the healthcare industry is whether this is a bigger trend and we'll see healthcare execs stepping down for similar reasons. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/c...

Now I see, we’re just thinking of it all wrong …

A thoughtful analysis of job vulnerability and adaptability to AI. How accurate is it? Who knows, but the approach is worth studying. www.brookings.edu/articles/mea...

A brilliant branding campaign is dropping from @npr.org and it’s going to go viral www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g...

Some dire predictions for marketers. Fortunately, there is a lot of marketing that requires human involvement and will likely never be 100% automated. www.cmswire.com/digital-mark...

Putting things into perspective ... CEO's are far more worried about inflation and tariffs than AI, according to a recent Stagwell and WSJ study.

Good quote: “To the extent that normies remain confused about AI’s true capabilities, Silicon Valley has only itself to blame.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

New evidence that the marketing pendulum is swinging back toward bigger investments in brand. Digital and performance marketing remain important, but strong brands consistently deliver better PM results. www.marketingcharts.com/business-of-...

AI 'productivity savings' certainly sounds better than slumping sales. The new spin on layoffs and corporate downsizings. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/h...

Love it. www.msn.com/en-za/news/o...

Great halftime show NFL

I guess it’s that time of year. There’s a football game Sunday as well. www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...

The clock is ticking on an incredibly important nuclear treaty, and very few people are talking about it. apnews.com/article/russ...

A Reddit-style social network called Moltbook crossed 32,000 registered AI agent users, creating what may be the largest-scale experiment in machine-to-machine social interaction yet devised. Expect security nightmares and a huge dose of surreal weirdness. arstechnica.com/information-...

“Over the past two decades, researchers have found that the average time people stay focused on a single task has dropped from about 2.5 minutes to roughly 40 seconds.” www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

“Too often, AI isn't solving a real problem. It's simply a marketing strategy.” - As a marketer, this is a problem. www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Just as predicted … abcnews.go.com/Health/14-mi...

For years, Starbucks was often spoken about in business classes as a standalone case study … Now it’s being studied for other reasons. slate.com/business/202...

If there was ever a headline that summed up 2025 perfectly, this is it.

You know you’ve made it when you’re featured in @wired.com Congrats @erictopol.bsky.social - and great read. www.wired.com/story/big-in...

Why is it I need to rewatch the entire West Wing series every four years just to remain sane and continue to believe in our democracy?

Coffe that’s packaged like perfume kind of screams pricey.

Many streaming listeners are turning to vinyl for a renewed relationship with the music, and the artists, that they love. I’m one of them. www.bgr.com/2039461/musi...

The AI era is not about replacing the human workforce entirely, but rather shifting the focus of human intelligence from execution to orchestration and judgment. fortune.com/2025/11/25/w...

The health of the AI industry — and the wider U.S. economy — may depend on whether those businesses find enough value in AI tools to spend a lot more on the technology in coming years. Here’s a good look at Bubble or Not … www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

If you’re shopping for a new health plan, the good news is there are lots of new options out there. Personally, I kind of like the Dwayne Johnson plan. www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

Interesting new research out from Gallup and West Health takes a deep dive into healthcare experiences on a state-by-state basis, from best to worst in cost, quality, and access. news.gallup.com/poll/698042/...

A growing batch of companies give customers access to whatever medical tests they want — no doctor’s orders required. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...

Interesting idea. Will consumers embrace this, and if so, it could mark a significant milestone in AI adoption. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/i...

“The world, at its best, no longer runs on the equation “my finished product for yours.” It runs on 21st-century networks of collaboration built on trust, not bullying.” Great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...?

What does shopping with an AI assistant change for consumers—and for the sellers and advertisers trying to reach them? bit.ly/3LEfbzk

Well this is a spectacular global relations fail for the U.S. www.voronoiapp.com/geopolitics/...

The American Dream isn’t cheap. Owning a home, raising a family, and retiring comfortably now total over $5 million across a lifetime for a household. What does the rest cost? www.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-the-...

Consumers (68%) and senior marketers (75%) expressed an increasingly positive outlook on the possibilities of generative AI this year, according to a September report from Kantar. www.emarketer.com/content/cons...

The robot became available for preorder on Oct. 28 for $20,000 for those who want to own it, and $499 per month for anyone who wants to try it out through 1X's subscription option. www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

Most Americans are going to have sticker shock when they sign up for health insurance this year. Here’s why. stocks.apple.com/AVSJ5hCm3TfO...

Last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver attempted to explain Medicare Advantage and the great advertising that promotes it. To sum up: "All the pitfalls of private insurance, and the economic significance of novelty slippers." youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...

New research has found that an AI chatbot outperformed human doctors in some tasks but also created safety risks and amplified social inequities. To be fair, also seeing AI reduce inequities, but like a lot of advances, I suspect both results can happen. ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Apple’s subsequent success in this category — whether it’s the current MacBooks or even the rise of mobile devices like the iPhone — owes a huge debt to the PowerBook 100 series. And I had one. www.cultofmac.com/apple-histor...

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. This will have a devastating impact on America's health and safety. bit.ly/4qhARkH

Maybe the best AI cartoon ever.

The Governors Public Health Alliance is the latest and so far the largest move to create an alternative public-health universe outside the federal government. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Walmart is forming a partnership with OpenAI to let shoppers buy its products directly within ChatGPT, the artificial-intelligence chatbot. Online shopping is going to become a different experience from the retail websites we are used to. www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Lego sets focus on ways to support psychosocial and emotional wellbeing of patients and families at children’s hospitals and opportunities to play are key. Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world. . www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

Excellent read. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...