Finance: Who are the people behind the FTX collapse?
Bankman-Fried was worshiped by much of the media when skepticism might have been better: Is Sam Bankman-Fried, the disheveled, media-hungry founder, a sociopath, as some are beginning to say? Or…
Policy: Academic research finds the elite really do rule the world
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or…
Demographics: With low fertility rate leading to a labor shortage, immigration will become a big issue
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made some startling admissions last week about his immigration views: “We have a population that is not reproducing on its own with the same level…
Climate: Bloomberg reports that “Carbon offsets” are still a big scam
For more than a decade, Credit Suisse Group AG has claimed to be “carbon neutral” in its operations. Every gleaming office tower, every flight by an executive — all the…
Demographics: Is there any field that doesn’t have a labor shortage?
The staffing shortages extend beyond physicians and nurses, and include technicians, respiratory therapists and other hard-to-fill jobs, Klibanski said. Source: Hospitals hitting capacity from RSV, flu, covid and staffing shortages…
Climate: How climate issues will really be addressed
Voluntarily. Mostly. By people doing what we’ve done: I strongly suspect that most “forced” climate initiatives will accomplished next to nothing and will be as effective as public health was…
Public health follow up: Feigl-Ding’s Mother of God fear mongering Covid variants
Prediction: Actual: The blue line is Feigl-Ding’s prediction for Covid cases. The black line is what has actually happened combing all the variants. Full discussion –> Prof. Michael S Fuhrer…
Aviation: Airlines pushing to allow single pilot airline flights
Airlines and regulators are pushing to have just one pilot in the cockpit of passenger jets instead of two. It would lower costs and ease pressure from crew shortages, but…
Finance: How did the grand cryptocurrency con happen? “Hero worship”
And while SBF’s FTX takes the cake for crypto’s biggest con in dollar terms, it’s noteworthy how many other conmen crypto has produced: Mt. Gox’s Mark Karpeles, QuadrigaX’s Gerald Cotton,…
You have not been in tech long enough: “I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon Valley for the past decade, and I’ve never witnessed such an atmosphere of panic and insecurity amid the massive tech layoffs”
Annie Wright, who runs boutique trauma therapy center in the Bay Area, talks about what she’s seeing amid the massive tech layoffs. Source: I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon…