23 November 2024 This book tells three stories about the impact of machines on the human condition: on the way  we work, on our freedom, and on our physical survival. Each story contains within it a vision of heaven and hell: the promise of relief from work, freedom to think our own thoughts, and almost indefinite improvement of health and extension of life   confronts  their  opposites  in the spectre of human uselessness, of Orwelliam thought control, and of  man made disaster....

19 November 2024 Introduction As we all know  Frankenstein was the  scientist in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel of that name, who invented a human machine, which he intended   to be a benefactor,  but  which  turned out to be a monster. The question I want to address this evening is: can we avoid  our technology destroying us?  This is the most important thread running through my  book, Mindless, just published in the United States.  It discusses   the impact of machines on jobs, on...

November 22nd, 2024 There are many reasons for regretting the resurrection of Donald Trump, but one overwhelming reason for welcoming it is that he is a peacemaker, not a war maker, and will actively leverage America’s power to pacify an increasingly dangerous world. Western leaders do not actively seek war with Russia, China, or Iran. But they do not actively seek peace. Ukraine is a case in point. Our leaders have repeatedly stated that it is up to Ukraine to define the terms...

Tillsätt en krisgrupp för järnvägen Replikerna på debattartikeln har dels tagit upp allvarliga problem, dels olika tågtypers för- och nackdelar. Men replikerna har inte diskuterat systemfelen som måste åtgärdas så här: 1. En krisgrupp måste sättas ihop med fackexperter från främst Schweiz som får i uppdrag att omedelbart omorganisera järnvägssektorn så att alla produktionsdelar förs ihop till integrerade järnvägs-bolag. Lagar och förordningar måste...

That line from the movie “Casino” and me.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Monthly Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders – Press Release, Census.Gov, November 4, 2025. Briefly – New orders for manufactured goods in September, down four of the last five months, decreased $2.8 billion or 0.5 percent to $584.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 0.8 percent August decrease. – […] The post Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: September 2024, Census.Gov Friday, November 15, 2024 Sales The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for September is adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes. It was estimated at $1,881.2 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.2 percent) from August 2024 and was […] The post Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: September...

What does previously unknown Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for Treasury, bring to the table?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reading this, about companies reacting (if the author is correct) to tariffs is not a good sign for us. We already have seen an example of the morality of companies in their downsizing of packaging (which has yet to go away) of their food product plus an adder of a few pennies here or there. […] The post Discussing the Impact of Tariffs appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Briefly . . . With the hurricane-induced weakness past, the short term forecast has improved to very positive. At the same time, while a few series have whipsawed the coincident nowcast to a neutral status. Importantly, consumer spending still remains strong. As […] The post New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators November 18 – 22 appeared...