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...entrepreneurs fuel a production boom of sorts. Cars outnumber bicycles again in Havana, and many of them are 1990s Nissans, not 1950s Chevys. Foreign investors not only share ownership of new projects but also own some outright and ship much of their profits home. Modern telecommunications have replaced worn-out phones, and shops and markets offer plenty of goods to those who can afford...
...fertility breakthroughs that are moving through the pipeline from lab to clinic. Doctors are removing and cold-storing ovarian and testicular tissue for later reimplantation, coaxing test-tube embryos to grow stronger before they are put into the womb, even performing microscopic surgery to transfer chromosomes from old, worn-out eggs into young, robust ones. All these techniques have a single purpose: to beat the odds nature has stacked against a woman's ability to bear children...
...next generation of professional women, are the ones the First Lady's generation inspired to dream about "having it all." However, we are also the girls who watched that worn-out generation try to feed the kids and go to work and too often end up getting divorced. We see the pitfalls and are already disillusioned...
Even putting a very temporary pause on a fastforward existence helps to recharge the most worn-out battery. Sometimes it is braver and more fruitful to be alone, especially when it takes some doing to make that scenario possible. Slow down, take a breath, avoid artificial lighting. But remember to unplug the phone...
...plan to Congress shortly after the final agonies of Watergate (which featured a paranoid President who used the IRS to harass his enemies). Congress was spooked by the idea of a more centralized, all-knowing, all-seeing IRS, and said no thanks. The IRS was told simply to replace worn-out machines: nothing new and nothing fancy...