Part 3 – Population Demographics: Honey, I shrunk the U.S. population
The U.S. fertility rate today is 1.78. A rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain the population at its current size. The U.S. population continues to grow because of immigration.…
Most major startups had immigrant founders
I have been doing a LOT of studying on the importance of global thinking, for more than a year. This is such a big topic that I have not managed…
Why politicians think everything can be solved with a government program
I started my career with a B.S. in computer science and worked for software (mostly) companies during most of my career. When you work in the industry, everything in the…
Manufactured fake meat industry’s growth stumbles
Market growth is now stagnant or shrinking: “The industry in general is struggling, and Beyond isn’t helping,” Rupesh Parikh, senior equity research analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., told MarketWatch. Source:…
Restaurants using robotic cooking systems
As I have been predicting for several years: Robots have been making their way into kitchens nationwide as the technology becomes cheaper and finding workers becomes harder. Source: Robot cooks…
The incredible shrinking product sizes
I’m so old, I remember when our technocratic elite said it would be just 15 days to flatten the curve. And here we are 2 1/2 years later, and that…
Self-inflicted problem: Semiconductor industry can’t find enough electronics engineers
Pay and job security has not been the greatest for some in the EE field. While the global chip shortage shows some signs of subsiding, semiconductor companies are facing another…
“IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs’ emails”
Rather than enable damaging email correspondence to become part of the public record, IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs’ emails This is not the first time IBM…
Hotels seek to adopt automation, and unbundled services
Hotels look to automate check in, make requests for towels, etc, into an app or text message – generally reduce labor requirements where ever they can. Source: Behind the automation…
International: UK offers visas to grads of top universities
Graduates from the top 50 non-UK universities can apply to come to the UK through a new visa scheme. …. Successful applicants with a bachelor’s or masters will be given…