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Can our brains keep up with AI? A new World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute report puts that question at the centre of economic policy. Brain health conditions account for 24% of the global disease burden, and 59% of the workforce will need retraining by 2030. As AI reshapes what work demands cognitively, the report argues these two pressures are converging. The result is brain capital, living at the intersection between healthy brain functions and the skills that depend on it. Five levers are traced in the report: => Safeguard brain health across the life course, from prenatal care to dementia prevention => Foster brain skills: cognitive flexibility, resilience, self-leadership, technological literacy => Study brain capital as an interdisciplinary field with shared metrics => Invest through blended finance, impact bonds, outcome-based mechanisms => Mobilise stakeholders into a coordinated movement beyond fragmented sector efforts The harder question is the frame itself. Calling mental illness, child development, and dementia "brain capital" makes the economic case land, but also flattens lives into measurable outputs. A risk that grows sharper when optimisation logic takes over. Credit to the authors for putting brain health on the same page as AI strategy: Lucy Perez, Erica Hutchins Coe, Kana Enomoto, Jacqui Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN, Harris Eyre, Cheryl Healy, Andy Moose #AIandWork #BrainCapital #FutureOfWork #AIAdoption