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July 27, 2023
Perspective: Can artificial intelligence teach us to be better workers?
…characteristics of artificial intelligence might arrive — including things like creativity, logical reasoning, and social/emotional reasoning, sensing and output. McKinsey’s timeline for increased capacity across a range of such capabilities has moved sharply forward. The…
July 25, 2023
What Relationship Outsourcing Says About Our Culture
How many of our relationships can we outsource? Apparently, there’s no end. A recent article in The New York Times describes a new kind of professional, a “surrogate partner,” who…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…upon rowhouses—a vivid street life, frozen in time address by address. . . . They are imbued with an ominous sense of what’s to come: the willful, wholesale demolition of…
July 23, 2023
Lawlessness Is Spreading in Our Cities
…misdemeanor, a level that the New York Times editorial board believes is much too low. As a result, theft by repeat offenders has become more commonplace. In 2023, New York City police identified 327 people who were…
July 21, 2023
Can Spain Defuse Its Depopulation Bomb?
…decades, with the marriage rate falling more than 50% in the same period. When data from last year showed that the Spanish birth rate had plummeted to an all-time low, Vox took to Twitter to describe…
July 21, 2023
Why Freedom Conservatism Matters
…capitalism removed, or obscured, the Communist threat. Congress lowered marginal tax rates and exempted more Americans from income taxes. Lawmakers imposed time limits and work requirements on welfare, and caseloads…
July 19, 2023
Adams’ Smart Migrant Move Could Help the City’s Overburdened Shelters—and Migrants Themselves
…that Mayor Eric Adams has realized sheltering migrants without time limit is not an economically sustainable policy for a city facing a budget cliff. But the time limit should be seen not…
July 19, 2023
Americans Aren’t Buying Bidenomics—Because They’ve Heard the Lies Before
…me twice, shame on me. Recent reports, meanwhile, indicate more workers being downshifted to part-time pay, declining employment among African Americans, the worst housing affordability ever and sharp declines in…
July 18, 2023
The Great Recession, COVID-19, Interest Hikes Left a 15-Year Mark on Housing
…rest of the country. Still, we experienced substantial growth with the onset of the pandemic and all-time low-interest rates, as the number of new home loans increased by approximately 20% from 2019…
July 18, 2023
The Education Community’s Views on School Improvement Have Fundamentally Changed
…year. Raise teacher pay, make pay performance-based and market-sensitive, and require teachers to demonstrate content mastery. All of these recommendations sought to make the traditional school systems more rigorous, time-consuming,…