Drones: The Great Drone Hoax of 2024
Good chance there are no nefarious drones, just as in the mid-west 2020 drone hysteria, or the Gatwick Airport fiasco.
AI: An AI summary of my Travel/Global Skills blog
An AI generated summary of my travel blog at coldstreams.com/travel
Healthcare: CNN acknowledges ACA failures
CNN all but acknowledges the ACA failed to deliver "Affordable" healthcare - where "Affordable" was the name of the Act.
AI: AI’s summary of my SocialPanic.org blog
An AI generated summary of my blog about online propaganda, privacy and misinformation - socialpanic.org.
AI: I asked AI to summarize my X feed
I asked an AI to summarize my X posts and also 3 of my blogs. I'll share these summaries over the next few days.
Economy, Demographics: Teen employment, over time
The % of teens who work during school may have cut in half from the '70s/'80s to the present.
Demographics: The “baby boom” cohort in the 1970s and employment
Economic research supports that the large Baby Boom cohort of the 1970s/80s resulted in worse job prospects and lower wages at the time.
Demographics: South Korea’s fertility rate 0.68
In just 2 to 3 more generations, South Korean may nearly cease to exist.
Retirement: Attributes of those who over saved for retirement
A select group oversaved for retirement, started saving/investing when young, lived modest life styles, says research.
Economy: Average U.S. home size by decade
People complain about today's homes costing more than in the past - but today's homes are almost twice the size of those in the 1970s!
Nutrition: Vegan diet good for heart if you can manage the problems
Yet another bogus nutrition science study that ignores all the problems. It's great if you ignore the parts that are not healthy!
Demographics: Older adults should rent their spare bedrooms or downsize
Older adults should be encouraged (forced?) to downsize and get out of homes with spare, unused bedrooms, says housing expert.