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…
Demographics: 3/4 of young adults say having kids is not very important
Gloomy: Only 23% of adults under age 30 said that having children was very important and of the total 1,019 respondents, 78% say they aren’t confident that their children’s lives…
Education: Costs of attending elite universities now up to $90,000 per year, or $360k for 4 years
This illustrates the broken college market: For lower and middle income students, with an average household income below $125,000, the price to attend highly selective universities has actually gone down,…