Weekly Reports

“THE ONLY THING MESSIER THAN A BARELY REGULATED INTERNET, is one regulated by the people who would like to regulate it… Big Tech is one of the menaces of the age, with a power that exceeds anything in the history... Continue

BUSINESSES RUN BY A “CRAZY THING CALLED A BUDGET.” The City of Long Beach, California, with businesses struggling from among the nation’s toughest pandemic restrictions, opted to pass a well-intentioned ‘Hero Pay’ measure to increase wages of essential grocery workers... Continue

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr. ANOTHER CALIFORNIA MESS: (1) “Hackers, identity thieves & overseas criminal gangs stole over $11 billion in Unemployment Benefits, with possibly another... Continue

“PRODUCTIVITY IS OFTEN FALSELY CONFLATED WITH CREATIVITY. When completing any task that requires mental energy, people often take the ease of producing ideas – i.e. those ideas most obvious – as a signal of their quality, and are more likely... Continue

  THE AIM OF ‘LISTENING’ is “to ascertain what another person is trying to achieve – to identify, select & interpret the key words that turn information into intelligence, which is crucial to effective communication.” The pandemic lockdowns have dramatically... Continue