Are we having a dress rehearsal for a police state?
In his syndicated column, Dennis Prager claims that we are amid a dress rehearsal for a police state. He alleges that the coronavirus related rules limiting our abilities to conduct our lives as usual...
Coronavirus and the forecast of change
Thousands of people are dying, and millions of people have lost jobs. However, there are reasons to believe that the COVID19 epidemic will fade away over the next six months. There are many tactics...
TDS diagnosis: Can’t you see — the elephant trampling in the piano is actually...
:( Stupid me, I was thinking of Conspiracy and Fake News From reading the comments to Julio Vincent Gambuto’s excellent article Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting, I was struck by this comment which was very very to the point: “An excellent...
Why We Must Use Tech For Good, Now More Than Ever
COVID-19 has materially changed the way the world works. For the time being at least. The impact of the virus has been felt across the world, with many countries enforcing stringent lockdowns to help ‘flatten...
Social Aspects of a Plague (Corona Virus)
When we speak about the virus plague, we usually focus on the practical points of: how to stop it, how to protect yourself from it, etc. I would like to add another aspect to...
AI’s Role and Reputation in Post-Corona Society
All things pass, including corona. But not before shaping our future and accelerating trends that were already under way. Corona has forced us to undertake unprecedented social experiments - from super surveillance over new...
How To Land Your First Job After You Graduate College
As you no doubt already know, landing your first job after you graduate from college is not going to be a walk in the park. The job market has gotten increasingly competitive in recent...
How the NFL Encourages Fair Competition
The NFL shows how a closed market increases competition while a free market only works for a dominant minority The NFL draft may feel a little different this year due to Covid-19 but the rules...
Defining ‘Life’ in the Time of COVID-19
My wife and I are approaching a month of self-imposed isolation to avoid getting the coronavirus. We are both over 70 years old and have pre-existing conditions that make our fending off this disease...
Is inequality unequal?
There is a Polish saying that, for a poor one, the wind always blows into the eyes. There are similar English sayings such as “the poor must pay for all,” “a poor boy never...
Neither the Globalists nor the Populists Can Monopolize the COVID-19 Story
If the Financial Crisis of 2008 stirred doubt in the global economic system, COVID-19 exposed its fragility. Yet, it has also shown the drawbacks of populism and the need for a multilateral approach in...
What Happens Next?
“What happens next? You know, once all of this is over?” my friend asked. “There will be a new normal, but what will it look like?” This is the question everyone is asking. Lots of people...
Capitalism and Fake Modernity
Capitalism is a type of economy in which wealth is privatized, as individuals own the means of producing goods and earn a profit. This economic system has shown itself historically to be highly innovative,...
Anti-vaxxers take-home message from Coronavirus
The vaccine is a biological agent designed to produce actively acquired resistance to a specific infectious agent. It characteristically comprises a factor that, in part, resembles a microorganism. The alleged feature is either a...
Demographic Economics: Studying the Changing Patterns of Consumption and Saving
Fundamentally, a large part of the total income of an economy comprises the patterns of consumption and savings which is highly affected by the aging individuals and the constantly changing demographics of that country. All...
Beyond the News
Beyond the news, the hysteria and the outbreak itself is a profound lesson for humanity about global consumerism. So I think we should use this time to think deeply on what we consume and where...
[Tech in Covid-19] Digital ID – 1 Week, from Dev to Deploy
Compared to the SARS outbreak 17 years ago, the Covid-19 outbreak is more severe in multiple ways, such as longer incubation time with limited or no symptoms, more contagious, multiple ways of infection. As progress...
In the Age of COVID-19: A Seismic Shift in Sports
Sports Organizations such as the UFC have long catered to live-audiences. With the Outbreak of COVID-19, that may soon change. Last night I watched UFC Fight Night 170 from a friend’s office space. In an...
Coronavirus; A- to Panic; Z between the lines
Chronology of frequent global pandemics The topics around Coronavirus; more precisely, COVID-19 has almost occupied the entire headlines of the news forecast- not only within the United States but also out there. The virus has...
Does COVID-19 Mark the Beginning of The Next Great Recession? No.
In my previous article, I listed many global and domestic problems that were being vastly ignored by the bullish market that will eventually lead to a global recession, the next great recession. Most of...