Editing humans, unicorn-picking AI and other top stories of the week

Venture capital’s future? A computer’s remarkable success picking start-ups.

Government by AI is here. Reconciling democracy with algorithmic regulation.

Restoring people’s trust in business. Build a narrative and deliver on it.

Is Iran opening up culturally? It now hosts one of the world’s largest bookstores.

Pink hard hats. Building a pipeline for female engineers and architects.

Home prices perpetuate inequality. Barriers to solutions are mostly political.

Money can buy happiness – if you spend it on time.

Replacing elite consultants. Artificial intelligence’s power keeps growing.

First human embryos edited in the US. Homo sapiens have become rewritable.

What’s better than HR at taming workplace abuse? Public shaming.

Don’t blame the Internet for polarization. Time for a new ideal of discourse.

China’s soaring sharing economy. Quotes head of the Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (Straits Times)

In Norway, no one’s salary is secret. Cites Gender Gap Report. (Quartz)

Preparing tomorrow’s Middle East workforce. References Forum’s Human Capital Index. (Gulf News)

Avoiding a water collapse in India. Uses forecasts from the Forum’s 2030 Water Resources Group. (Asia Times)

The world’s most tourist-filled cities. Cities Forum data on tourism jobs. (Telegraph)