My youngest daughter is getting her four wisdom teeth taken out this morning.
Once upon a time we needed these late-erupting molars, back when dinosaur meat was on the menu. But now, with our smaller jaws, there’s not enough room for them in our mouths, so the wise thing to do is take them out.
Unless ChatGPT is making this up, about 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted in the US each year, generating over $3 billion in healthcare costs annually.
If you were to line up all 10 million teeth in a straight line, I have no idea how long it would be, but it would be kinda gross and not very wise at all.
Maybe I should have kept my wisdom teeth in, after all.
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Okay, enough about that. Here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week:
- NYC congestion pricing tolls staying on after Trump administration moves to end the program (CBS News)
- Trump EPA orders review of California emissions waivers (CCJ)
- Electric-truck maker Nikola files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (CNN)
- Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Threatens UK With £16 Billion Hit (Yahoo! News)
- Meta plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows (Reuters)
- Robotics startup Figure AI in talks for new funding at $39.5 billion valuation, source says (Reuters)
- Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors (MIT News)
- The New Plan for Western Companies Is ABC: ‘Anything But China’ (WSJ – sub. req’d)
- Blue Yonder and Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas Announce Strategic Partnership Around Supply Chain Management Program
I’m waiting for my daughter to get out of surgery. After the laughing gas wears off, we’re off to get a milkshake. I’ll get one too because…well, why not?
I’ll share my commentary next week.
Have a meaningful weekend!
Song of the Week: “Crooked Teeth” by Death Cab for Cutie
