Category Archives: Climate Change

 (Source: Designhubz.com) Last week, I promised to use this week’s blog to show the results of an initial exploration of the role that AI presently plays in sustainability. Sonya Landau raised the question with me, so I used Copilot (Microsoft … Continue reading →

We are approaching the end of summer (“officially,” it ends on September 22nd, not on Labor Day). Watching from my terrace in NYC, I can see that the sun rises a bit later and sets a bit earlier every day … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I started to write this blog on Wednesday, July 24th, three days after President Biden announced that he would no longer run for a second presidential term, and said he wanted to pass the baton to current Vice President Kamala … Continue reading →

(Image source) As can be read in the top image, the concept of prerequisites has its origin in academia. However, it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to extend the definition to the changing realities throughout life, including almost … Continue reading →

(Image source: Institute for Justice) The last blog ended with the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions: These cases questioned whether judges should defer to agencies’ interpretation of gaps and ambiguities in the laws they implement under the Chevron doctrine. … Continue reading →

(By Nancy Ohanian, Source: Seattle Times) It was the aftermath of a discouraging debate that made me create a series about the “day after” November 5th. I ended last week’s blog with this:  It was clear (to me) that if … Continue reading →