It's not as if there aren't other airborne viruses that still cause problems in schools and hospitals. Air filtration must have a payback time in months, just in reducing staff sickness; ht… (View Post)

The UK was a funny one. Some bits of mad exuberance (trying to make Christmas 2020 happen and not giving up until it was far too late, then one day of school in January 2021) followed by a brutal sla… (View Post)

Maybe AI is on track to replace humans after all. (View Post)

One of Parkinson's subsiduary laws is also relevant here, though. Paraphrasing, whoever is at the top needs to (somehow) be got to retire before they are really ready to go. Not because of the q… (View Post)

Collectively, that sounds about right. Half the country is saving/accumulating cash too much and putting it where it isn't useful. The other half can't save a penny- often because of the re… (View Post)