- Artificial intelligence programs have developed their own language for talking with each other.
- “SOCIETY could collapse at some point in the 2020s as political turmoil sweeps the Western world.”
- US job openings are near record highs at 5.7M, but there are still 6.9M unemployed in May.
- Japan began recognizing Bitcoin as a legitimate way to pay for goods and services.
- One region of the brain and a few very large neurons may be the source of what we perceive of as consciousness.
- The web site everysecondcounts.eu inspired a global and viral set of satirical videos proving the strength of one of our greatest strengths: humor.
- The good news for March was that unemployment was down to 4.5%, and wages were up 2.7% annually.
- Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa in Hawai’i hit 409.65 ppm in May 2017.
- Expensive houses, not poor ones, probably caused the Great Recession. From 2001 to 2006, the poorest neighborhoods only accounted for an debt increase of $0.327T while the rich neighborhoods accounted for $1.587T.
- Greenland’s Petermann Glacier could raise sea levels by one foot, and it cracked in July.
Pretending Not To Panic 