“Bloodbath” at the HHS
Big news over at the Department of Health and Human Services this week. One headline called it a “mass culling” of longtime scientists and bureaucrats, (including, it appears, Dr. Fauci’s wife, Christine Grady—aka the bioethicist who neglected to investigate the ethics of her husband conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan. Oops.) Of course the political class, […]
Why do countries get bombed for rejecting Western banks?
Have you ever noticed that the countries we’re told to hate always seem to have a few things in common? They don’t have McDonald’s on every corner. They don’t take out IMF loans. And they don’t peg their currency to the U.S. dollar. In fact, many of them flatly refuse to play ball with the […]
Want your kids to succeed? Teach them to innovate.
Don’t faint, but I’m about to praise a school. I know. Crazy. But this is so cool! A private school in Texas just rocketed its students into the top 2% of the country by doing pretty much the exact opposite of what most schools do. They embraced innovation. Instead of cramming kids into desks for […]
Coca-Cola Is Iconic Because It Adapts
Last week, I shared my thoughts on how The Guardian is failing to adapt to a changing landscape and what that could mean for their future. Sticking to the same old ways and ignoring market signals never works out well for the long-term success of any business. Now, Coca-Cola is giving a Masterclass on how […]
441. What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Many people now submit their DNA to online databases for health and ancesAs artificial intelligence begins to take over more of the jobs that humans used to do, a lot of people are asking what makes humans different from these “robots.”try discoveries, but how do these databases work? And should we own our DNA information? […]
428. What is Artificial Intelligence?
Ronni and Brittany talk about artificial intelligence, A.I. art, Chat GPT, and why it’s worth learning about this new technology. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Ronni: Hey, Brittany. Brittany: Hi, Ronni. Ronni: Okay, so I have to give some credit for this episode topic to Connor and Elijah actually. So, they kind of got […]
