Business: Meta/FB announces plans to layoff 5%
Many tech companies terminate more than that each year, for performance issues. 5% is not a big number.
Efficiency: How Audits Really Work
You do not need a CPA to do many kinds of audits. Many people may be confused by this and what an audit really is ....
Education: Tuition dropping at many colleges
Inevitable as the impact of the birth rate collapse takes hold.
Demographics: The under 19 cohort about to impact colleges and jobs
If only someone had been predicting this ...
Federal Deficit: Things that cannot go on forever, won’t go on forever
As long as the economy grows faster than the deficit the deficit can continue to grow. The problem is the deficit is growing faster than the economy.
Demographics: Japan’s Gen Z sees huge hiring bonuses
Soon to come to the U.S. as Gen Z labor becomes the most sought-after labor cohort in U.S. history.
Nutrition: Many “experts” say nutrition science is terrible
Nutrition "Science" is of poor quality, frequently contradictory, and largely unusable, say a lot of the people involved.
Personal finance, immigration: We need more immigrants to fund social security
Social Security's financial problems are due to not enough legal immigrants, some say.
Demographics: Building codes crashed the fertility rate?
Most new apartments have 2 or fewer bedrooms, possibly limiting family size. I dunno, growing up I shared a room with my 2 brothers.
Education: Some school districts spending $30,000 per student per year
National average is about $15,000 per year but some districts at $30,000 per year per student.
Climate: We need to “remove highways”
"It’s time to start removing highways. For real this time"
$60,000/year for PhDs to work on AI?
Outlier.AI offers $30/hour to Masters degree holders in math. Guessing they'll make a stink they can't find workers.
Demographics, Economy: Gen Z taking “sabbaticals”
Hmmmm ... the employment market for Gen Z is so awful that many are taking "sabbaticals", putting careers on hold, yet says finding jobs isn't hard. Hmmmm...
Demographics: Lack of births leads to birth centers closing
A collapse in births (1 or 2 per week) has led to the closure of rural birthing and maternity care centers.