Demographics: Why some might not support immigration
This text appears in the book Empty Planet (highly recommended): A 2016 Pew Research poll showed that 60 percent of Americans agreed with the statement that immigrants “strengthen our country…
Demographics: “The aging population”
“The world is aging” is a correct and true statement but I suspect it is misleading to most readers (see below): The world is aging, and our economy is shrinking.…
Demographics: Canada sees fastest population increase in 65 years – almost all due to immigration
Canada’s population grew at the fastest pace since around the height of the baby boom, with immigration responsible for nearly all of that growth. Source: Immigration Drives Fastest Canada Population…
Automation: Strong growth seen in office automation, robotics firms
And these are not just the obvious mechatronics robots but now software tools that automate worked previously done by white collar workers: Artificial intelligence is getting better at all kinds…
Global: Prevalence of International Travel
Summary All adults travel experience: 71% of all U.S. adults have traveled internationally at some point in their lives (Wow! That’s almost 3 in 4!) 49% have been to 3…
Demographics: The loss of languages
As our population demographics evolve, we lose about 25 languages each year. About 1.2 billion people speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese. But for about two thousand languages, there are fewer…
Demographics: Long term impacts of China’s “one child” policy
Beginning in 2023, China is expected to start shrinking. This is a long-term issue that will continue the rest of the century. From 1980 to 2015, the Chinese government limited…
Demographics, Media: “Staggering visualization shows the world’s population at 8 billion”
The reporter is 100% unaware of the global decline in fertility rates and as a consequence writes a scary headline news report that is disinformation: And, looking at those numbers,…
Demographics: Chicago Public Schools enrollment declined by over 20% in past ten years
Preliminary data shows the school district is down to 321,000 students this year. Chicago has lost about 82,000 students over the past decade. And the reason: But low birth rates,…