Where AI-powered surveillance and control technologies meet capitalism 101. A fresh expose by civil rights group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over the past two years eight train stations across the UK — including busy hubs such as London’s...
Yves here. My impression is that most medical industry information systems, including those operated by major hospitals, are as well run as those of a candy store. Even if you attempt to minimize your risk of having your data exposed,...
Economic freedom, as measured by say the Fraser Institute’s EF Index correlates highly with GDP per capita. Alvarez, Geloso and Scheck show that once you take into account the fact that dictators lie, the correlation is even higher! SSRN: The...
Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches AP Stonehenge solstice sunrise attracts 15,000 people BBC Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion Gillian Tett, FT Climate Relatives...
Yves here. Your humble blogger is unable to verify the claims made regarding damage to Ukraine versus Russian energy assets, although the Ukraine utility DTEK did confirm yet another successful strike on a thermal plant. Twitter does show dramatic photos...
Yves here. We posted in May on a prominently-placed Wall Street article that lamented plunging birthrates in advanced economies, and increasingly even in developing ones. The problem of course is that despite lowering the amount of resource consumption and garbage...
Compared to other academics, that is. They are still more reasonable than the general public on Twitter. Here is the paper by Prashant Garg and Thiemo Fetzer. Here is a useful tweet storm about the paper. Via Kris Gulati. The...
That is the recent biography from Paul Clements, which I enjoyed very much. In part I liked it because I have never much loved her writing, or found it insightful. To me the book (to some degree unintentionally) raises the...
From a just-published article in Foreign Affairs: The story of the dollar is, ultimately, less about the United States’ strength than about the rest of the world’s weaknesses. Until that disparity changes, and seemingly no matter how badly the United...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler, Ho Ke Go Reservoir, Ha Tinh, Vietnam. Lots of jungle noise! * * * In Case You Might Miss… (1) Early voting and October surprises. (2) Trump and...
