Our Scans · (ZY.4.11) History · Weekly Summary

• [New] For the first time in world history, people could accumulate capital and become rich not from trade or banking primarily, but from investing in production itself. Persuasion
• [New] The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will reduce flight capacity by 10% at 40 major U.S. airports beginning Friday morning, marking one of the most significant air traffic restrictions in recent history. Trawick International
• [New] The coming decades will see trillions shift from the Baby Boomer generation to their heirs, marking the largest wealth transfer in history. CIMMagazine
• [New] New York state passed the first inflation rebate check program in its history as part of its 2025-2026 budget. MARCA
• [New] In a news release the approved plan will make it possible for nearly every Texas location on the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Map to connect to high-speed internet for the first time in history. The Dallas Morning News
• [New] This decade could go down as one of the most consequential in the history of U.S. public education. Reason Foundation
• [New] Both NASA and other space agencies are expected to initiate additional observing campaigns to capture better photographs and relevant information about the third confirmed interstellar object in history. Wired
• [New] Brisbane is undergoing one of the largest infrastructure upgrades in Australian history, much of it tied to the 2032 Olympics. Hunter Galloway
• [New] With international air passenger numbers projected to nearly double over the next two decades, aviation faces one of the most exciting and urgent challenges in its history: how to grow sustainably while drastically cutting carbon emissions. Indian Aerospace and Defence Bulletin - News for aerosp
• [New] The National Retail Federation is forecasting a record-breaking holiday season, projecting that U.S. retail sales in November and December will top $ 1.01-$ 1.02 trillion - the first time in history that holiday spending crosses the trillion-dollar threshold. Boutique Amazon Marketing Agency
• [New] The ongoing U.S. government shutdown is now officially the longest in American history, impacting several government programs and could soon trigger an air travel shutdown. CityNews Kitchener
• [New] The US government shutdown officially became the longest in history today - 36 days and counting - yet markets found some relief in stronger-than-expected private data amid the lack of public releases. MarketPulse
• [New] The European Commission's planned Digital Omnibus package could trigger the largest rollback of digital rights in EU history. CADE - Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment
• [New] The FDLR is an ethnic Hutu armed group that Rwanda views as a threat due to the FDLR's ties to the 1994 Rwandan genocide and a history of targeted hate speech against Rwandaphone communities in the eastern DRC. Critical Threats
• [New] Cyber attacks have the potential to be hugely disruptive to business operations, as seen by Jaguar Land Rover's major cyber attack in August, which led to a halt in production and £1.9bn in financial losses - the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history. theHRDIRECTOR
• [New] Given Nepal's history of political instability, it is uncertain if any significant changes will occur. New Spotlight Magazine
• [New] The first Game Dev Rev will make history as the first-ever conference in Macedonia entirely dedicated to game development. IT Logs
• [New] History will not forgive us if the UK falls behind in the race to harness quantum computing, a frontier technology predicted to trigger the next wave of breakthroughs in everything from drug design to climate modelling. The Guardian
• In 2030, the entire baby boomer generation will be 65 and older, and by 2034, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in American history. Brookdale Senior Living
• After successful validation, the full-scale 6,000-metre deep-ocean laban underwater equivalent of the International Space Station (ISS) - will be constructed, becoming the deepest human-occupied marine research station in history. Guidely

Last updated: 05 December 2025