Space: Are we launching too many satellites?
50,000 satellites are night sky pollution. And once up there, do we need more? One possibility is that we just have not yet thought of more potential applications. We do…
Automation: “ChatGPT Will Impact Educated, White-Collar Workers”
For the past 40 years, economists, who frequently have tenured, guaranteed for life jobs, advocated for outsourcing/offshoring work and bringing in more immigrants to replace, what were mostly blue-collar workers.…
Automation: Most fast food restaurants rolling out automated order takers
Drive through systems are switching to automated voice processing systems – no need for order takers: That’s not a human talking to you in the fast food drive-thru | Fox…
Demographics: World population may peak before 2050, then decline
World population may peak by 2050, just a bit larger than today: a new report states that if global society takes a “Giant Leap” in terms of investment in economic…
Demographics: Immigration now accounts for the majority of U.S. population growth
But many of these counties … are feeling the brunt of the nation’s low birthrate. …. Altogether, the nation’s 20 largest counties gained more than 300,000 new residents between July…
Demographics: Korean President Says ‘Emergency’ Plan Needed to Lift Birthrate
South Korea needs to adopt an “emergency mindset” to reverse its fertility rate that ranks as the lowest in the world, its president said, calling for new initiatives to fix…
Follow up: Oregon expects to see an upsurge in Covid and flu in 2022-2023 season
Studies from the Oregon Health and Science University suggest that COVID-19 cases will rise this fall, and we can expect to see a flu season comparable to pre-pandemic years. Source:…
Demographics: “Consultants recommend closing 8 Jefferson Parish schools as enrollment falls”
Schools are being closed all over the nation due to the sharp decline in fertility rates: Consultants recommend closing 8 Jefferson Parish schools as enrollment falls The proposed closures come…
Security: Lily Collins Facebook hack garnering media coverage
The hack swipes 2FA authentication tokens from the user’s computer and then uses those to login to their FB account, change their password, change the account name to Lily Collins,…
Public health: WHO proposes to end state sovereignty on public health issues
They would hardwire into international law a top-down supranational approach to public health in which the WHO, acting in some cases via the sole discretion of one individual, its Director…