International: How many Americans have lived abroad at some point?
I previously estimated between 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 have lived abroad at some point in their life. I just increased that estimate to 35-40% of U.S. residents…
Demographics: What Languages Do We Speak in the United States?
The number of people who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled from 1980 to 2019, but the number who spoke only English also increased. Source: What…
Demographics: Europe’s shrinking population
By 2050, according to the UN, populations will be in decline in more than half Europe’s 52 countries, including Italy, Spain, Poland and Germany. In five – Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania,…
Demographics: “The labor shortage could last for years”
Correct: The world is aging faster and allowing less immigration. It all adds up to a shrinking workforce population, Indeed and Glassdoor say. Source: The labor shortage could last for…
Demographics, Labor, Health: UK NHS should consider using robots to address labor shortage
Health Secretary says the risk of introducing technology needs to be judged against the impact staff shortages have on the service Source: NHS should consider robots to plug staffing gaps,…
Demographics: Harvard Business Review – “The Global Population Is Aging”
This is spot on: According to the latest UN reports, two-thirds of the global population live in countries with below-replacement fertility rates, while average lifespans continue to grow. This means…
Demographics: The push for more immigrants to the U.S. has started
From the demographics, the U.S. fertility rate has been below replacement level for most of the years since 1972. We made up for that through immigration. Now we see news…
Create an Access Control List to Block Countries or Continents
If you run a web server or WordPress blog and want to block a country, like say, Russia, from having access to your web site, the following may be helpful:…
Public health: 60% of world’s population had had Covid by September 2021
Stated another way, our NPI mitigations did nothing: About 3 out of every 5 human beings carried antibodies against COVID-19 in their bloodstream as of September 2021, according to a…
Demographics: Economist Nouriel Roubini “thinks the world’s failure to have enough children will end ‘centuries of social progress’”
Advanced economies have a problem: Many workers are approaching advanced and retirement age, especially in Japan and Europe but also in the U.S. Source: Nouriel Roubini has ‘no beef with…