Demographics: Generation “Jones” – the generation that followed the “Baby Boomers”
This is a repost of a 2016 blog entry on how the less known “Generation Jones” followed the “Baby Boomers”. The Baby Boom was an arbitrary grouping of people born…
Automation: “Banks turn to automation”
It is about becoming more efficient, less labor intensive: Large banks including Truist, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo emphasized that they’re increasingly looking at automation beyond the context of specific…
Public health: Why non-pharmaceutical interventions do not work
All of the non-pharmaceutical interventions were effectively useless: At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40% of Americans were untruthful about whether they had the virus or were…
Health: The incidence of TBI/Traumatic Brain Injury
5.5 million Americans are disabled due to a brain injury. Nearly 3 million people visited an ED for TBI-related injuries in 2013. There were approximately 223,135 TBI-related hospitalizations in 2019*…
Automation: Automation puts most jobs at risk, in some communities
Hospitality, personal services, manufacturing and production, back office and logistics jobs are all at above-average risk of automation, according to the report, which was presented at the Sept. 28 Land…
Automation: “Low-Code Software: A Launchpad for Robotic Process Automation”
“Low code” is a way to develop applications – or control systems – and to accelerate development of automation solutions. “Low code” is faster than traditional software development and in…
Follow up: 2015 forecast for VR virtual reality market to hit $150 Billion by 2020
2015 Forecast: Augmented And Virtual Reality To Hit $150 Billion, Disrupting Mobile By 2020 | TechCrunch 2022 Forecast: Virtual and Augmented Reality Market Size 2022 By Trends (globenewswire.com) That’s $24.7…
Demographics: The aging EU population in a chart
2021 versus 2100 population distribution. More old folks, fewer young folks. Source: Visualizing The European Union’s Aging Population by 2100
Economy: Dr Doom says “Stock markets will drop another 40%”
He has been known as Dr. Doom for over a dozen years now. The debt crisis is here, Nouriel Roubini says. Expect central banks to wimp out in their fight…
Science: Many researchers cannot reproduce their own or other’s experimental results
This seems like a bit of a problem: More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce…