Economy: Consumer confidence falls to early 2020 level
Consumer confidence level falls to 2020 Covid era depths.
Health: 2 young runners die of cardiac arrest
They were likely doing "everything right" too.
Economy: Inflation, tariffs pricing people out of hobbies
Are hobbies important? Yes Hobby inflation is likely to register (and may already be registering) real social, political, and economic consequences—because not only are hobbies good for the well-being of…
Climate Junk Science “Attribution Studies”
A new study published in the journal Nature concludes that the world would be $28 trillion richer if we stopped using fossil fuels. Were it not for the “extreme heat”…
Crime/Corruption
Dueling Experts
Models
Nation of Idiots
Policy/Government
Public Health/Nutrition
Stupidity
Experts: The out of touch expert class
After the Covid era and a few other things I agree 100% with this.
Models: 2024 Predictions gone wrong
Model projections are often worthless and in some fields, completely worthless. Yet we blindly follow them.
Software: AI to replace most software developers within 1 year
Eric Schmidt, ex-Google CEO, says AI will replace most software developers within 12 months.
Public health: Per CDC, 20% of US population died of heart disease in 2022
The CDC actually says that on their web site... geesh.
Nutrition: What Grok says about B-12 deficiency as a risk for heart disease
I asked Grok to summarize the potential of B-12 deficiency to be a risk factor for coronary artery disease (blockages due to plaque).