Demographics: The demographics of China and India
If you are interested in population demographic, this report is a good summary of issues facing China and India, which long ago chose completely different paths forward to deal with…
Demographics: What happens to Ukraine’s future population?
In 2020, Ukraine’s fertility rate was about 1.4, well below replacement level. Russia’s war on Ukraine has caused perhaps 5 million people, mostly women and children, to flea the country.…
Climate Follow up: A half century of climate apocalypse headlines that turned out to be wrong
Fascinating – take a look: 50 years of predictions that the climate apocalypse is nigh 2000: “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”: …within a few years winter…
Fact checking a fact check: “protected bicycle lanes make streets safer for cyclists”
There are nearly a thousand bike related fatalities per year. Most fatal accidents involve a vehicle. Thus, separating bikes in physically separated bike path will likely reduce fatal accidents. Source:…
EVs: Ford contracts to use Tesla charging network and connector
This is big: Ford Tesla EV charging deal puts pressure on GM (cnbc.com)
AI: “AI is taking the computer age from ‘the bicycle to the steam engine’”
Uhh, does this mean AI is a bunch of hot air? 🙂 OpenAI will start using Microsoft’s Bing as the default search experience for ChatGPT, Microsoft CEO announces Source: Microsoft’s…
Business, Corruption: Why you should not click on online ads? – ‘The Ugly truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”’
The employee, who asked not to be named because they still work in the industry, also recalled the agency’s owner bragging about the ability of its digital advertising to find…
Science oops: “Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common”
Could be that 1 in 3 papers are hired works from “paper mills” that fabricate data and plagiarize from elsewhere: Journals are awash in a rising tide of scientific manuscripts…
Economy: If you like to review economic data, the Daily Chartbook is great
https://www.dailychartbook.com/ I subscribe – it’s free. They send periodic newsletters with lots of economic data and charts, presented in a readable format. Here is an example newsletter. Note – this…
Demographics, Immigration: Bloomberg proposes U.S. import nurses from other countries
The Bloomberg Editorial board proposes the U.S. should address a nursing shortage by importing more nurses – potentially hundreds of thousands – from other countries. (See Immigration Can Help Solve…
Doomerism: “The Art of the Doomer”
Many people focus on negativity, gloom and doom. We see this in many communities, especially online: – those who talk about the economy are non-stop gloom and doom – those…
AI: AI top topic at secret Bilderberg Group meetings
Artificial intelligence will be a key focus of the talks between members of the business and political elite in Lisbon, Portugal. Source: Bilderberg: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google join AI talks at…
Demographics: The incredible shrinking cities of America
The Rose City lost nearly 3% of its population since the beginning of the pandemic. Source: Portland 6th fastest-shrinking big city in America since 2020, census estimates show – oregonlive.com…
Business: Microsoft says remote work options should remain available
We must fight back against end of home working, says Microsoft executive (yahoo.com) Workers must “actively fight back” against efforts by companies to force them back to the office after…
Climate, Education: “Portland schools without” air conditioning
Teachers tell KGW they have been documenting their temperature gauge for the past week and have seen it reach 83 to 87 degrees inside the classroom. Source: Portland schools without…