Publications

August 28, 2024

Weekly Report 24-37

  ‘SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY’ MEANS REPLACING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS with ones that actually teach instead of indoctrinate. Today’s structure evolved after WWII, “when competence tests were declared discriminatory, forcing companies to rely on formal education to discover talent and, like most programs, opportunist Teacher’s Unions took over – dutifully peddling politics but neglecting the actual purpose... Continue
August 28, 2024

Weekly Report 24-36

AGING DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SLOW AND STEADY PROCESS. Latest research at Stanford University found that “accumulation of wrinkles, aches & pains or a general sensation of having grown older almost overnight” has a scientific explanation, and actually occurs in at least two ‘accelerated bursts’ in our mid-40s and early 60s. Nonlinear molecular... Continue
August 15, 2024

Weekly Report 24-35

  “USING TABLETS AS ‘e-BABYSITTERS FOR TODDLERS BRINGS MORE TANTRUMS, which in turn can have harried parents trying to calm a child by handing them a tablet.” Canadian researchers report that screen time in early childhood can disrupt their ability to manage anger & frustration leading to increased outburst. With most 4-year-olds now owning their... Continue
August 8, 2024

Weekly Report 24-34

“THE THING THAT MAKES BUSINESS TRICKY is that almost every situation is novel in some way, with different products/ services/ types of employees/ markets/ etc., so it’s situational in nature.” Even hindsight has its limits, since today’s world isn’t yesterday’s world, and decisions have to be made with a fraction of the total information we’d... Continue
August 1, 2024

Weekly Report 24-30

BEST TO MIND YOUR MANNERS WITH CHATBOTS. While, according to McKinsey, some 85% of Americans believe that civility (i.e. manners) have declined in the last decade and 90% feel youngsters have become disrespectful as a result of social media and peer pressure, artificial intelligence is now also a factor. However, researchers in three countries have... Continue