the Trends in the News (June 2026)

Trend: Ready is the New Well Week of June 17th, 2026 On the Ground with Los Angeles’s Volunteer Fire Brigade—Vogue  In the wake of devastating fires in 2019 in California, the Community Brigade formed, a cowboy collective of friends and neighbors in Malibu (from surfers to artists) who have become the pillar of community response in preparing, responding to, and recovering from accelerating wildfire disasters. They’ve now been formally trained and armed with…

Trend: Ready Is the New Well

Trend: Ready Is the New Well Preparing for climate disaster is the new preventative wellness  Watch a great video by the authors summarizing the trend.   Climate volatility is the defining condition of our century. From the destructive wildfires in California, to the devastating monsoons killing hundreds and displacing millions in Southeast Asia, to a European summer heat wave that killed hundreds, 2025 gave us new proof that extreme…

The new billionaire bet? Not AI, longevity biotech ($3.7B raised in Q1) | Wearables shrink, become ambient | Trend: witchcraft retreats

Headlines in the Global Wellness Economy Global Wellness News™ | June 16th, 2026 The New Billionaire Bet Isn’t AI – It’s Longevity Biotech As AI transforms biology, longevity startups are attracting investors, advancing toward clinical milestones, and reshaping the future of aging research. Our favorite health trackers are disappearing – and that’s the point Tech companies are evolving their health trackers to make them smaller,…

GLP-1 profits fueling the longevity race | Survey reveals grim state of US employee wellbeing | Korean govt. investing $31M to develop ‘biological age reversal’ tech

Headlines in the Global Wellness Economy Global Wellness News™ | June 11th, 2026 GLP-1 Profits Fuel Investment in Longevity and Preventive Health More than blockbuster weight-loss drugs, GLP-1s may prove to be the catalyst that bankrolls the next era of medicine. The ‘together tech’ wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026 The Equity podcast breaks down Anthropic’s surprise IPO filing, the founders…