Publications
October 8, 2020
Weekly Report 20-84
THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE requires technical skills and data literacy that is beyond most of today’s workforce. While competing with robots ever will not be won by humans, our ‘soft skills’ will become even more critical as the nature of ‘work’ evolves, with capabilities embodying: (1) Creative and imaginative thinking; (2) Analytical thinking, using... Continue
October 6, 2020
Weekly Report 20-83
“WORK IS A SERIOUS MATTER BUT CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ALL THE TIME, especially when things happen that are inherently ridiculous… Humor is a natural and healthy reaction to setbacks or irrational commands of a Boss (like egotistical managers played on ‘The Office’) …A sense of humor is, by and large, a useful thing to... Continue
October 3, 2020
Weekly Report 20-82
THOUGHT FOR THE TIMES: Is the American Dream PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN? Once upon a quiet time, looking backward from today, the world seemed much more stable in most important ways. Folks woke up most mornings with ‘great new day’ perspection, and little wasted energy on some upcoming Election. Just a... Continue
October 1, 2020
Weekly Report 20-81
PENDING SOME TYPE OF BIPARTISAN ‘ECONOMIC RELIEF’ BILL, POLITICS HAS STALLED FURTHER PPP ‘PANDEMIC RESCUE’ LOANS. But, meanwhile, banks are not so enthused to further participate anyway, since they’ve disbursed some $525 billion so far (to over five million businesses) with SBA yet to approve/deny any – and therefore neither been reimbursed or able to... Continue
September 28, 2020