A Digital Currency Stumble

New ideas usually need to mature. When the new idea is a digital currency, maturation must take place within the Continue reading →

Technology Changes Democracy

For about 25 hours, Democrats from the US House of Representatives staged a sit-in. The reason for their sit-in is Continue reading →

Cheaper Indoor Farming

It is now cheaper to grow plants indoors than outdoors, at least for some situations. Conventional farming is resource intensive, Continue reading →

Expensive Middle Class

The decline of the middle class probably has as much to do with expenses as with income. In the twenty Continue reading →

Cyborgs Among Us

Technologies no longer need big government projects to advance. So far, at least 59,000 individuals are independently deciding to take Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2016

Up to 47% of jobs are considered at high risk of automation. From 2009 to 2014 cities attracted 3.6% more Continue reading →

US Wages Grow Somewhat

“For the nation as a whole, average weekly wages rose by 7.4% in real terms between 2000 and 2015.” – Continue reading →

Robot Cowboys

Automation has reached the ranch. Robots are being deployed to tend herds, check pastures, and report back to the rancher. Continue reading →