Education: Students move abroad and default on education loans
Education loans seem to be one of the dumber things we've invented.
Health: Blame the patient, it’s their fault
Today, especially among heart disease, we blame the patient - even when experts, athletes and vegans have heart attacks too.
Drones: Beijing bans drone sales and most operations
Can imagine the US will eventually require a Part 107 license for nearly all RC drone flights in the US.
Demographics: Half of the Baby Boom will be dead within 9 years
Half of the Baby Boom will be dead within 9 years. It's just demographic math.
Economy: Why home prices are expensive
Because the government devalued dollars.
California’s high speed rail – hmmm
At current airfare and estimated rail prices, it will be cheaper to fly than take the train, round trip, and will get you there twice as fast.
Follow up: How did we survive before the era of “Extreme Heat Warnings”?
Source: How did we survive before the era of “Extreme Heat Warnings”? The maximum temperature reached was 95. Everyone in Portland died.
Growth of single person households in the United States
Much of this rise is due to the ageing of the Baby Boom and widows living alone. Half of the baby boom will be dead within 9 years.
Demographics: AI blamed for drop in labor force participation 55+
The drop is explained by the huge "Boom" cohort now retiring and has nothing to do with AI.
Economy: US median family income, over time
Much to most people's surprise, it's gone up.
Nutrition Science’ish, per Dave Barry
When eating guidelines are more complicated than the Tax Code :) Liink to Dave Barry's column.
Nutrition: “Plant-based” is an invented marketing term
The term "whole food, plant-based" diet is a marketing term invented to overcome the public's stigma against vegetarian or vegan eating.
How did we survive before the era of “Extreme Heat Warnings”?
The NWS tells to stay in the shade, use AC, drink fluids, don't sit in hot cars - because people can't figure this out?
Dueling experts: AHA versus USDA Dietary Guidelines
Dueling experts issue differing nutrition guidelines. What are regular people supposed to do?
Media: WaPo accused of using “surveillance pricing” for subscriptions
Accused of setting subscription rates, per customer, based on what they think they know about the customer.