Climate: Everyone must buy carbon offsets
Everyone must buy carbon offsets to stop climate change. Except many, if not most, have turned out to be scammy.
Demographics: Fewer people want kids
Survey indicates fertility rate will fall by another 0.2 in the current generation.
Public health: Most kids’ Covid cases were spread at home
Most kids' Covid cases were spread through in home contact, not through child care and schools.
Demographics, Education: Fewer jobs for those with grad degrees
Employers no longer seeking as many grad degree holding job applicants, possibly due to the shrinking younger cohorts and labor shortage.
Climate: We must stop consuming carbonated beverages
The end of soda – global soda consumption produces 0.001% of global carbon emissions. If you are serious about NetZero, you know what you must do.
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 ...
Public health followup: Covid cases continue to decline
The apocalyptic late summer/early fall Covid-19 triple-demic surge has not happened.
Climate: Mandate free school lunches to fight climate change
Yes, free lunches to fight climate change.
Automation: Cost of running fast food restaurants
The cost of running fast food restaurants is becoming very expensive, for many reasons. The result will be increased use of automation and customer “DIY” systems like app and kiosk…
Workforce: Ageism is ingrained in the work world
Employers much more likely to hire someone less than 45 years old. After that, participation in the labor force begins to drop off sharply. According to an OECD report which…