Education: The university gender gap
Since 1980, more women than men pursue 4-year college degrees. The background to this is fascinating.
Climate: Time to stop buying stuff?
In addition to banning meat consumption, and air travel, we also need to ban buying stuff.
Smart Cars: Self driving car drives into wet concrete, bypassing stop signs
A self driving smart car drove through construction signs and barriers into wet concrete, becoming stuck in the concrete.
EVs: Chevy EV Silverado’s expanding truck bed
New EV pickup trucks offering extended cabs with an expandable cargo area to handle 8+ foot loads.
Climate, Aviation, Media: Time to end air travel?
Many influencers are pushing for higher air fares, flight shaming, and restricting air travel within years - because climate.
Education: Graduate degrees may no longer be a good investment
The government says the pay premium for a Master's degree versus cost of the education, may no longer make economic sense.
Automation: Window Washing Robot Starts Work on High Rise Building
Amid the labor shortage, partially caused by the fertility rate decline, automated window washing robots replace workers.
Energy: California proposes mandating EV’s have bidirectional batteries to power the utility grid
For example, Senate Bill 233 would make bi-directional charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles. PG&E CEO proposes using electric cars to send power back to California’s grid to prevent…
Demographics: “Peak 65” occurs in summer of 2024
As baby boomers hit another milestone next summer, Social Security will feel the strain – MarketWatch More than 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 every day, and that number…
AI: Generative AI makes stuff up – and no solutions yet
It is a tough problem – and the complexity of these is that no one currently knows how it comes up with some stuff: Can AI and ChatGPT ‘hallucinations’ ever…