On the Gapminder’s website, you can pick any year you want, and see how the “Life Expectancy” changes with improvements in family income…
Author: Louis Cannon
READY, FIRE, AIM: To Burn-out, or Not to Burn-out; That is the Question
According to WHO, ‘burn-out’ is an ‘occupational phenomenon’. A ‘factor influencing health status or contact with health services’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Birds and the Bees
Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let’s do it, let’s fall in love… — Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love), by Cole Porter, 1928 There’s actually no scientific evidence that ‘educated fleas’ do it, so we should probably view Cole Porter’s claim with a healthy dose of skepticism. But READ MORE
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Soup Goes to War
I hear things are not going so well for the Ukrainian army…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Words from a Candidate Who Wears Plaid Shirts
He’s been quoted as saying he wants to “save our Democracy from a radical conspiracy nut” and that “Boebert is weak and going to lose…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Monopoly Money
Back in 2013, a financial analyst named Glen Tickle figured out the exchange rate of U.S. dollars to Monopoly money…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Women Rule the World
We might put the history of female voting into some perspective…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I’m Going into Stage I Restrictions
So we can’t use water, and we can’t use fire. What’s next on the menu? Can’t breathe the air?
READY, FIRE, AIM: What Doesn’t Kill Me Only Makes Me Stranger
That is not a typo in this article headline…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Robots Feel Sad
“If I didn’t know exactly what it was, which is this computer program we built recently, I’d think it was a 7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Water, Water, and Water
Now that I think of it, I have never seen a photo of Ms. Boebert holding a glass of water…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Four Day Work Week Test
More than 3,000 workers, in about 70 British companies, are participating in an experiment to find out if a four day work week will increase productivity…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I’m Gonna Kick Climate Change’s Ass
There, I’ve thrown down the gauntlet. Whatever a gauntlet is?
READY, FIRE, AIM: You Are What You Don’t Eat
“We are all the descendants of people who for hundreds of millennia spent their days doing primarily one thing — assuring their food needs were met…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Can’t Help Thinking
I wake up in the morning, and I realize that I spent most of the night dreaming about the most ridiculous situations…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pagosa, You Seriously Let Me Down
It seemed like an ideal location. Unpolluted air. Clean water. A nearby ski area…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Interview with a Friendly Cockroach
“Yes, a long history. Actually, we originally came from China, but I’ve got relatives pretty much everywhere now…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Why I Took Up Smoking
Depression is a weird thing, because no one knows where it comes from. In that sense, it’s like pimples…