Automation: Robots in Real Life
The reality of robots is often mundane.
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California Blackout: Turning the Lights Off
So first came the blackout….
Read more...The Famous Baseball-Watching Equality-Equity Graphic, Scrutinized
Turning to a classic policy debate: equality versus equity.
Read more...Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations
Even the US military is not well prepared for Jackpot-level climage-change-induced disasters that look all too probable in the next 20 years.
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Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...CalPERS Abandoning Passive Equity Investing
alPERS has made big changes to how it invests, yet the press has barely noticed.
Read more...How Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Is Driving the Migration Wave That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
How Europe is creating the conditions in Africa that lead to migration….and the underlying stresses are set to get worse.
Read more...For Boomers Reframing Aging, Age-Proofing A Home Won’t Come Cheap
Americans want to stay at home as they age, but it doesn’t come cheap.
Read more...Links 10/23/19
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 2 of 4: The First Hammer-Blows
How the Roman Republic repeatedly rejected economic reforms and fell more and more to bloody insurrections by ambitious consuls and Senators.
Read more...Democrats Seek $70 Million Corporate Cash to Fund 2020 Convention
The Democratic convention is shaping up as a classic example of corruptoin.
Read more...Sacramento Bee Insinuates That CalPERS and Its Vendor Diligent Boards Have Grossly Deficient Security in Forthcoming Hit Piece Against Board Member Margaret Brown
CalPERS’ latest effort in its vendetta against pro-transarency board member Margaret Brown is a misfire, with Sacramento Bee reporter Wes Venteicher’s reputation as potential collateral damage.
Read more...Why Have Facebook and Other Tech Giants Gotten Away With Gobbling Up Competitors?
Why have regulators sat pat as Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google have done deals that look like violations of antitrust law?
Read more...Why Taking Responsibility for Our Carbon Emissions Means Promoting the Right to Repair
Back to the future means not just considering the ability to repair but more actively purchases of new goods just for the thrill of acquisition.
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