Month: May 2024

Report from Financial TimesThe Beijing reporter should leave everyone in the Western world laughing out loud (and the Chinese if they are allowed). It is […]

Yves here. Wolf Richter points out why the revision of unemployment statistics does not look suspicious or suspicious, but that the exaggerated reporting is transparent […]

I hadn’t realized how devastating the effects of the Dawes Act of 1887 were, which dismantled many Native American reservations. Before 1912: There was an […]

Our findings reveal that AI systems emit between 130 and 1500 times less CO2e per page of text produced compared to human authors, while AI […]

CNN published an article today, titled “What’s Really Happening to the American Economy”. Most of the points are familiar, but one graph was interesting – […]

That’s a quote from Eric Hovde, a Wisconsin senatorial candidate (WCPT820 Radio), who despairs over Americans’ lack of civic engagement. Full quote: “I’d like to […]

A few months ago, The Economist it had an article about the drug problem in Scotland. This figure caught my eye: Scots in the […]

1. Profile of Hans Niemann. 2. Discussion on Cape Verdean culture. And here is Mayra Andrade. 3. John Luttig in closed vs. open source AI. […]

The final May numbers from the U.Michigan survey are out. Here is a picture of expected inflation rates one year ahead. Figure 1: Year by […]

Who would have thought? Doctors have actually transplanted a kidney from a pig to a human, and the operation appears to have been successful (not […]