Opioids Worse Than Car Crashes

Both car crashes and opioid overdoses killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017 (40,231 from opioids and 43,036 from cars). (Note: Continue reading →

Data That Matters December 2018

A group of investors representing $32T (twice the US GDP) have called for reducing coal usage and fossil fuel subsidies Continue reading →

Record American Gun Deaths

“Gun violence is a public health epidemic…” – Adelyn Allchin Death by guns in America hit a new record of Continue reading →

American Life Expectancy Drops

For the third year in a row, life expectancy in America didn’t improve. Thanks to suicides and overdoses, as well Continue reading →

PNTP Fourth Anniversary – The Hits

Surprise! Today’s the 4th anniversary for PretendingNotToPanic.com, the blog. News for people who are eager and anxious about the future. Continue reading →

Income Inequality And Suicide

Income inequality is increasing. Suicide is increasing, at least in the US. It appears that they are linked. Greater financial Continue reading →

Do Lab Grown Brains Think

Medicine advances quickly enough that something miraculous years ago is now considered normal. Remember the debates over various fertilization procedures? Continue reading →

Autonomous Auto Kills Pedestrian

This is the inevitable milestone. An autonomous vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian. The car had a safety driver (Uber), Continue reading →