World Happiness Day

March 20th, “the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness”. Glad we have one. Ah, happy we have one. Congratulations to Continue reading →

February Breaks Records

Records aren’t made to be broken. In a stable system, records happen randomly and equally on both sides of a Continue reading →

Too Many Ships

One way to track the world economy is to watch what happens with transportation. The price to ship stuff is Continue reading →

Gig Economy Facade

The gig economy, the idea of people having lots of little jobs instead of long term single careers, has been Continue reading →

Growing Economies Not Pollution

For the last two years, we’ve done something that many supposed wasn’t possible: we’ve grown our global economy while not Continue reading →

Math Weirdness

Prime numbers aren’t acting random. Some discoveries have no practical application – except to challenge fundamental perspectives on reality. So, no Continue reading →

Media Scares Mapped

The media love a good story, or at least one that gets everyone’s attention – even if it isn’t the Continue reading →

Record Warm US Winter

December, January, and February combined to set a new record temperature (36.8F) for the contiguous 48 US states. Each month Continue reading →