How Much Social Media Do Your Kids Consume? Be Honest.
Replacing the ever-present Covid news with Facebook news gives us no relief. Facebook does Facebook, and you tell me who can stop it, when advertisers will never go away. We didn't need a whistleblower to tell us Facebook doesn't care how we feel or how our teens feel.
But the heat has broken in Arizona and the days are sunny and mild, the sky blue. So here's a selection of mostly bad news to take your mind off the beauty of nature.
Cryptocurrency is bigger than you think. The biggest adopters last year were VietNam and India, with Pakistan not far behind. Africa accounts for only 3% of world adoption, despite its being a difficult market to which to send money. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/07/new-chainalysis-report-reveals-whos-leading-the-world-in-crypto-adoption/
The only reason this story is interesting is that once again many people responsible for our safety seem unequipped with the brain power to do the job.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/the-capitol-police-said-jan-6-unrest-on-capitol-grounds
Vaccinated against Covid? Now worry about West Nile virus, which is filling up Phoenix hospitals after our wet summer. I've never seen more mosquitos, and it's making my new patio frightening. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2021/10/07/arizonas-latest-covid-19-surge-different-prior-pandemic-waves/5893181001/
Did you know that complex systems are marked by the disorderly behavior of atoms? Now you do. Climate is a complex system. Different climate processes work over different time scales. These guys got the Nobel Prize for figuring out that important things in the world are disorderly. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/research-climate-2021-physics-nobel-prize
Streaming video projects pay less than traditional movies and TV, and now the union representing all the backstage talent is planning to strike. Apparently working conditions are awful on new media projects. Hope you can be content with what's already in the can, just in case they actually go through with it. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-strikes-hollywood-arts-and-entertainment-b22eb148f04b4403dd0c480d6a2a1b62
CEOs are losing confidence in the economy. For one thing, they can't find workers. Everyone wants to be part of the Creator Economy, where you sit on TikTok all day watching kids slap their teachers. It's a meme.https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/investing/ceo-confidence-economy/index.html