Slaughterbots

Slaughterbots are here. In Spring 2020, autonomous drones were used against humans in Libya. Desperate people will ignore international edicts. Continue reading →

Declining Birth Rates

Thought there’d be a baby boom during Covid? Many did. Worried about ever-expanding population growth? Many did. The surprise for Continue reading →

Bitcoin Becomes Legal Tender

Bitcoin has been legal for years. Some cryptocurrencies have been legal tender in some countries because the country made them. Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2021

Instead of 561,594 people dying from Covid-19 in the US, the total is over 905,000. Worldwide the number of deaths Continue reading →

Court Ordered Emission Reductions

There’s always a first time, and it’s surprising it took this long. A court (a Dutch court in The Hague) Continue reading →

Overwork Quantified

Some affects are so ubiquitous that we accept them without question or challenge. Of course many people complain about having Continue reading →

Record Atmospheric CO2 May 2021

Again? Of course, again. Atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to set records. Last year it was 417 ppm This year it Continue reading →

Pandemic Underestimated

(Note: Articles for this blog are usually excerpted to emphasize the important data and implications. This one is well-written, concise, Continue reading →