There’s a myth that just won’t die about fast-food chains going out of their way to underpay their employees. In reality, and as is the case with all industry sectors, low pay is incredibly expensive. For the employer. Simply consider the costs (time and monetary) associated with training individuals who, due to the low pay, […]
Fast-Food Work Is Set to Rise In the Public’s Esteem Read More »
With the exception of government, there’s no such thing as “hidden wealth,” but there is wealth preservation and expansion when the long fingers of government don’t find their way into our pockets.
Hidden Wealth Is Brilliantly Loud, Taxed Wealth Is Silent Read More »
It’s not social media or online activity imperiling young people, rather it’s mistakes, including mistakes borne of faulty parental supervision. There ought to be a law? No.
The Law Can’t Be a Good Parent, Nor Can It Legislate Good Choices Read More »
In a Times opinion piece published the day after his announcement, Murthy argued that “young people should be protected from technology that hasn’t been proved safe.”
Protect Adolescents From Surgeon Generals, Not Social Media Read More »
Doctors still exist, but technology has happily freed them from a business model of old that allowed them to see and treat a tiny fraction of the individuals they could and will be able to treat in the future.
Doctors Didn’t Disappear, They’ve Happily Chosen to Earn More Read More »
The erasure of work won’t put mean we’re not working, but it will mean we’re working in ways that maximize our ability to showcase our unique skills and intelligence.
Beyond Prosperity, AI Will Imbue the World With Immense Dignity Read More »
Lopez is the embodiment of the major risks Live Nation took to get where it is, and how perilous its status will always be given the massive uncertainty (remember Tower Records, Friday Night Videos, or MTV?) that’s always defined the music sector.
Jennifer Lopez Is a Reminder of the Huge Risks Live Nation Took Read More »
Former attorney general William Barr is at it again with his overnight conversion to “monopoly” critic. He claims that if “allowed to dominate AI,” Microsoft, Google and Amazon “could reinforce and extend their supremacy over more of the economy.”
If They’re Talking ‘Monopoly,’ They Don’t Have a Clue What One Is Read More »
Wallace-Wells’s lament that the U.S. is well behind China is a feature, not a bug. Since we really don’t know, why not let China find out for us?
It Doesn’t Matter If China Is ‘Winning’ the Green Tech Race Read More »
If the Biden Administration wants to improve infrastructure — and provide consumers with the best possible goods and services at the lowest possible prices — the best way to achieve that is by getting out of the way.
Net Neutrality Shows Biden’s Light Infrastructure Commitment Read More »
