Demographics, Business: Gen Z grads unprepared for work life
Survey claims new Gen Z workers lack work experience and basic job skills.
Public health: How many infections have you had?
Infections and injuries are common. Trying to live a ZeroInfection life isn't going to work out well.
Demographics: China’s population likely to be half of today’s population in 75 years
And bizarrely, some are "blaming women" - that is not going to be a successful strategy. Besides being stupid.
Public health: In Chile, Covid deceased come back to life!
Amazing. In Chile they have brought the Covid deceased back to life!
Climate: End inequality to stop climate change
To stop climate change, we must end inequality, make everyone poor, because paying for climate mitigations costs too much.... or something.
Education: Plagiarism is now hip
Apparently all academics engage in plagiarism so it's not really a big deal anymore.
EVs: How many miles needed to drive before an EV has a minor reduction in carbon emissions?
It depends - how many cars do you have? Also, converting all light cars to EVs has a minimal reduction on carbon emissions.
Software: “Learn to Code” is so last year, CS degrees might no longer be in demand
AI code generators may replace a lot of software developers. In theory.
Climate: WE MUST BAN meat, dairy, eggs, cheese, yogurt, cream and ice cream
We must ban meat, eggs, dairy, ice cream, cheese and more. This will be entirely supportable and sustainable for sure.
Climate: Stop washing clothes to save the Climate
Jeans should only be washed once per month: Scientists Are Urging Us To Wash Our Clothes Less To Help The Planet | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
Business, Privacy: How Kroger stores track you both off and online
Kroger stores, and most stores now, collect and store massive databases on their customers, including inferring your health conditions, income and more.
Follow up, Climate: What caused the Maui wildfires
After the Maui fire in summer of 2023, the media quickly blamed climate change and a hurricane. Neither were true.