Economy: Household wealth down about 21%
The 20.9% estimated includes loss in direct value and loss in purchasing power due to inflation: Americans are feeling poorer for good reason: Household wealth was shredded by inflation and…
Automation: Restaurants turn to AI voice bots to take phone orders
More casual-dining restaurants and takeout joints are dispensing with direct phone lines, opting instead to divert customer calls to voice bots. Pushing customers who call in orders and reservations to…
Demographics 54: Economist argues for expansion of immigration to the U.S.
He acknowledges the root cause: It’s hard for the government to increase the share of adults who are working, and there’s little that can be done in the short term…
Demographics 53: Automation in Warehouse and Distribution Centers
Automation offers significant benefits to employers struggling to adequately staff warehouse environments. In addition to reducing the need for labor and making work less demanding for current employees, automation stands…
Transportation: Should more people be riding bikes?
Read an item this morning promoting more people to ride bikes to work and to stores. Which reminded me of a key issue that goes ignored… Look at most urban…
Automation: Robotic, automatic food delivery coming to homes in California and Texas
As the population of younger, new workers declines, as labor becomes more expensive, automation will replace much that we thought could never be automated: Source: Uber Eats and Nuro sign…
Health: New hard hat design reduces rotational brain injuries
This is good: The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin. Source: Next gen…
Demographics 52: Animated population changes since 1900
This is brilliant. Watch the video clip. Best viewed on Reddit –> here.
International: “London Bridge is down.”
Source: Queen Elizabeth II has died – BBC News
Demographics 51: Treasury Secretary calls for free college and subsidized child care
Sec. Yellin, who said a year ago that inflation would be mild and temporary, promotes free college and subsidized childcare to address labor issues. “Programs like free community college and…