Monthly Archives: August 2024

Global Trends and The Olympics: The Role of College Campuses

Last week I tried to analyze the recent Paris Olympics by using a similar methodology to that I used to analyze global trends such as climate change, fertility decline, digitization, global penetration of electricity, and the use of nuclear energy. … Continue reading

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The Olympics in Terms of Global Trends

Throughout the more than 12 years that I have been writing this blog, my emphasis has been on trying to identify and analyze what I see as evolving global trends that can help both students and others navigate through changing … Continue reading

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Global Digitization and Algorithmic Decision Making

A recent description of a decision made by Spanish police caught my attention (An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. – The New York Times): Ms. Hemid’s husband of more than a decade, Bouthaer el … Continue reading

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 Birth is on the Agenda!

The issues associated with the global decline in fertility rates have occupied us almost since the beginning of this blog (see the Jim Foreit Guest Blog: How Does Population Decline? on January 14, 2014, the follow-up blogs on January 21 … Continue reading

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