Computers Beat Intuition

Humans evolved skills for pattern recognition, the ability to see the order within chaos. Sometimes the order is apparent, but Continue reading →

Declining Climate Deniers

More people are being convinced by the data and their personal experiences that climate change is real. “At least 70 Continue reading →

Industrial Versus Organic Farming

The monikers ‘industrial’ and ‘organic’ are not mutually exclusive, but their competing advocates can make it seem so. There is Continue reading →

Robin Hood Tax May Not Work

Returning to the era when the US’ progressive tax rate had higher rates for the higher incomes sounds like a Continue reading →

Preparing For Satellite Catastrophy

Even the US Navy is preparing for life without satellites. Our lifestyles depend on a constellation of satellites in a Continue reading →

Half Of All Wealth

Wealth inequality continues. The top 1% own half of the world’s wealth. The trend suggested it would happen, but it Continue reading →

Global Debt Crisis

Globalization increases, increasingly connecting economies that were isolated. That is why a ‘regional’ crisis like the US mortgage crisis rippled Continue reading →

Carbon Intensity Decreases

The amount of carbon burned per dollar of GDP is down globally. “Carbon intensity fell 2.7 percent last year but Continue reading →