Demographics, Education: The Higher Education “Enrollment cliff” approaches
Colleges, facing the demographic cliff, think they can persuade more of the smaller cohorts to attend college. But that's not what surveys of young people think will happen.
Demographics: Immigration to be sole source of population growth in coming decades (for rich countries)
Wealthy countries' population growth will soon come exclusively from immigration.
Climate: They want “15 minute” cities even though study says they will not work for most
Study says limiting people to "15-minute" radius might not work in N America; should limit to 30 minutes instead. It's Just Science.
Climate: To fight climate, we need more politicized movies
The new "Twisters" remake movie doesn't discuss climate change; therefore, it's a naughty movie. The purpose of movies is to propagandize. Duh.
Climate: Northwest Passage openings becoming shorter
A new Nature paper finds that assumptions of increased use of an ice free Northwest Passage in the Arctic are not warranted.
Education: Scientific American calls for criminal background checks of homeschool parents
Scientific American says we need Federal regulations for home schooling and parents should undergro criminal and background checks.
Business: Starbucks, and why I don’t go there anymore
The Starbucks experience is not what it used to be - and why I no longer stop in. It's 70% mobile orders now, and no longer an enjoyable sit down…
Demographics: The end of families as a central shared attribute of society
Why couples are no longer having kids? It's not money.
Social: Videos dominate, words and still photos are dead
Textual posts and photos are dead. Everything is now video, all the time.
Public health: Celebrity doctors advocates for censorship, police forces, to counter “misinformation”
Celebrity public health spokesperson Dr. Peter Hotez, suggests we need to bring police and military forces to bear against vaccine and science misinformation...