Innovation: Robotics is happening far faster than most realize
We are going to see advanced automation via even humanoid robots. This is an amazing bit of engineering. Last Saturday I stopped in an ordinary Asian Bistro restaurant – and…
Business: Should we switch to 4-day work weeks?
I do not yet understand the details on this: It is the latest example of a growing global movement to experiment with the concept of a four-day workweek. Source: Microsoft…
Demographics 42: Median age to give birth is now 30
My Mom was 41 years old when I was born at tail end of “baby boom”L While fertility rates dropped from 1990 to 2019 overall, the decline was regarded as…
This is huge: CVS to close up to about 10% of stores, shift to online sales, health services in stores
This is a huge strategic shift as CVS announces it will gradually close 10% of its stores, as sales increasingly shift to online, and convert other stores to health clinics…
How 21st Century News Ought to be
For the most part, how the news is reported to the consumer has changed little in decades, perhaps a century. When the Internet became available, television stations began to offer…