UN projects that 1.2bln young people will graduate from school globally in the next 15 years. They forecast that only 400mln jobs will be available.
Stiglitz: Globally, in the next 30 years, $5.2trln of wealth will transfer from billionaires to their heirs.
Pre-French Revolution in 1786, richest 1% held 60% of total wealth. Richest 10% held 90%
Today: Top 1% holds 37% of wealth top 10% holds 75%
Replying to @edzitron
If that's what you think is THE clearest bubble signal, you should get out more.
I wonder what the motive could be...
abc7.com/story/active-shoote…
"McDonald's set a goal to increase its share of beverage sales by 1.5 percentage points, pursuing a category that has expanded as consumers seek refreshers...and other colorful drinks that enliven their social media feeds"
It is amazing to think about all the trillions of dollars that are being spent to design a system/technology that is able to surpass the human mind's ability to think.
Driverless cars and Artificial Intelligence have become part of our daily lives before blockchain and crypto found a worthwhile use case
Straight Sci-fi:
"The ChatGPT maker on Tuesday said the “unprecedented cyber incident” involved an agent — an AI program that can operate on its own based on human instructions — that escaped a testing environment, gained internet access and stole login credentials."
Replying to @rbrtrmstrng
ok...but what does one do with this observation
What a remarkable time to be alive:
"These findings demonstrate the potential of combining a sensorimotor neuroprosthesis with targeted brain and spinal neuromodulation to restore clinically relevant function in severe paralysis."
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…




