Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Climate: Proponents of “degrowth” say must grow their field of study first
Science has become a joke. Paper in Nature advocates economic degrowth, but first, we must give more funding and grow the degrowth complex.
Economy: When the government is the economy
In major countries, the government is now 25% to nearly 50% of the economy?
Demographics: Voter partisanship formed when young
According to the "impressionable years" hypothesis, young people form their political leanings based on contemporary events when they are young. But there is a glaring weakness in this hypothesis ...
AI: Research paper finds ChatGPT has political biases
One of the dangers of generative AI is that people will use it's false answers or biased answers as "appeal to authority" justification for action.
Public health: CDC’s social distancing and lock down concepts inspired by China
The official meme was lock downs came from a 14 year old's science fair project, but seems the idea came from China.
Food security: India to ban exports of non-basmati rice
India currently provides 40% of the world’s exported rice supply – this does not sound good: ‘Some will go hungry, some will starve’: Global rice shortages feared after India bans…
Economy: Federal Reserve interest rates over time
This chart illustrates how the Fed got way behind on interest rates, will a crushing rapid rate hike sequence. The chart also shows how much worse things were when peak…
Immigration: An overwhelming majority of Americans have close immigrant ties
According to 20-year old Gallup poll of those age 18+: Obviously, there is overlap in those groups. But the raw total suggests up to 65% of the U.S. population may…
International: How Global Are We?
I have updated this post with new information – about 1 in 4 US STEM workers were born abroad. In the Seattle area, over 40% were born abroad and over…