Economy: The end of secretarial jobs
Up through the 1970s, up to 1 in 5 jobs were secretarial/clerical jobs. Most of those have vanished due to automation (think PCs) and work place changes.
Opinion: Practicing Factfulness based on data.
Up through the 1970s, up to 1 in 5 jobs were secretarial/clerical jobs. Most of those have vanished due to automation (think PCs) and work place changes.
This is a fair assessment.
EPA EV range estimates are highly misleading, and EV manufacturers mislead the public about real world, useful range.
State spending per capita (2024). Some states spend (and presumably tax) much more than other states.
Protectionism is now hip. Free trade is so 20th century.
A widely disseminated chart purporting to highlight the growth in hospital administrators is bogus.
As automation and improved systems were deployed, railroad crews went from about 12-16 per train in the 1950s, to just 1 or 2 crew members in 2025.
Colorado to cut natural gas emissions by 41% in 10 years, be 100% renewable energy in 15 years. Hmmmm....
Instead they will bring robots and automated factories - duh.
Hardly anyone ever visited. Instead, it just bled tax money.