Data That Matters March 2024

Support for authoritarians is near-majority (47%) for lower income but is much lower (27%) for higher income. Income inequality tied Continue reading →

Global And Household Debt Up

Two stories in one. Global debt is up to 336% of GDP. Debt is three times higher than Gross Domestic Continue reading →

Sea Level Rise Rises

Sea level rise continues to rise, and at least lately, has accelerated. Since 1993, sea levels have risen 103 mm. Continue reading →

Gallup Global Happiness

It turns out you can measure happiness, or at least Gallup is willing to try. Worldwide happiness varies substantially with Continue reading →

Global Mental Health Worsens

That may not be a shocking headline. It is more of a ‘duh’ observation, but feeling that way is now Continue reading →

Source Of Support For Authoritarians

Everyone likes and wants democracy, right? The apparent rise of authoritarianism suggests otherwise. Note the use of the word ‘most’ Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2024

A banker was scammed out of $25M by assuming everyone in an online meeting was real, when the only real Continue reading →

Radically Denser Data

CDs, then DVDs, then came the cloud, and few folks worried about slipping a disk into a drive to store Continue reading →