Automation: Walmart dramatically increases automation
Walmart to dramatically increase use of automation in distribution centers and stores.
Public health: Covid vaccines not nearly as effective as the sales pitch
Covid vaccine just 33% effective at preventing infection, ten weeks after getting vaccinated.
Business: Are our manufacturers losing an ability to repair their factories?
Are our factories losing their maintenance and equipment repair talent? This thread says yes, and that's bad news ...
Policy, Economics: Price controls have never worked
A national rental price control policy is a long term fiasco.
Climate: To save the climate do not eat any meat
It is the weekly academic junk science study calling for a de facto ban on eating meat (and the corollary ban on having pet dogs and cats).
Demographics: Another way of looking at the long term, low fertility rates
In Japan, there are 51 people age 65 or older for every 100 working age persons in the country. See any problems with this?
Economy: 2% Global wealth tax proposed for those with $100+M in assets
There is no global wealth tax authority – so this requires all governments to enact a global wealth tax. Also, due to dramatic differences in currency values/costs between countries, the…
Economy: Home price affordability since the 1970s
Home affordability since about 1970. Surprisingly, affordability was worse in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Climate: I’m so old, I remember when Death Valley was going to break global records this week
Media breathlessly reported that Death Valley would surpass its 130 deg F (or may be 134 deg F) record. The actual max temp was 127 deg F.