6 October 2023
This editorial is bonkers. It criticizes Kaiser for controlling medical costs … and tries to use the Kaiser experience as just another reason why ‘single-payer’ does not work.
Single-payer healthcare only works until the reality of rationing bites.
Have they tried to get a referral from United Healthcare lately? Traditional healthcare insurance rations to preserve profits. Business rations resources to make their numbers. Which principle is WSJ applying?
If you thought local news was dead, this opinion piece argues otherwise. Whether this evidence indicates a trend is debatable. However, local news is important for the future of our republic.
I had just finished reading a Bloomberg Headline Story noting that their economists were predicting 160,000 new Jobs in September – a slow down in jobs production. Just as I finished, the numbers were released – 336,000 new jobs.
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Scientific American article discusses the energy requirements for AI via an interview of Alex de Cries, a data scientist and Ph.D. candidate studying the energy costs of emerging technologies. He suggests that sustainability of AI should be included as a risk factor for AI developments. Data centers, whether or not AI is hosted by them,…
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Intel is not making delivery commitments for new supercomputer at Argonne. Energy Department has 10 companies engaged in a research center focused on quantum computing. Jesus pointed out that power corrupts – remember the temptations? OpEd written by former Liberty student notes how power is taught to be valued at Liberty, as she acknowledges: None of…
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Article in Atlanta Journal Constitution notes that Fulton County does not warranty the information presented on its web site: “Fulton County makes no representations or warranties as to the suitability of this information . . . and that to the extent you use or implement this information . . . you do so at your own…
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With all the talk about the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own health care, this story about a drug used to treat Parkinson’s Disease highlights the fundamental “weakness” in the argument. You must “know” in order to act responsibly. Read this quote: Kodam dismissed the existing warnings as too little too late:…
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Conversation in the hall yesterday regarding fundmentalism and its appearance (strength)as a predictor of “dark ages”. Think about it — it would be an inverse relationship as an increase in fundamentalist thinking suppresses science, engineering, innovation and cultural enlightenment. No links here. Just “Deep Thinking…”
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Two headlines suggest a disconnect between the inflation report and real data on gasoline prices NYT : Inflation remains tame as energy costs retreat Gas prices inching back upward The former reflects a report on data from February while the latter reflects data as of this week. Nonetheless, all the public hears is “prices down”…
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The House Science and Tech Committee is learning about PRISM (Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics) and how the University System is working with K12 (using $35 million NSF dollars) to learn how to teach science better, to encourage students to stay interested in math, science and engineering. There are two members of the…
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Another in a continuing series of questions on governing What if you could see every detail, every move of the law making process for any particular topic you care to follow? Would such transparency improve the procees, increase your disgust for government, or make no difference whatsoever?
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All the talk over the incentives given to KIA (See list from AJC) causes me to ponder what different high tech execs have told me are important incentives for them to locate a business: Educated (as in engineeing, computer science) work force Access to good infrastructure (as in multiple sources of connectivity) Atmosphere (as in open,…
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As legislators feasted upon dinner catered by Proof of the Pudding, others gathered to devour chicken at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner. Those of us awaiting action on bills that will die if not acted upon today, Crossover Day, are also waiting on our dinner. The canteen in the Capitol Basement wants $3.75 for a Chick-Fil-A sandwich…
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Finally, after many disappointments, a manufacturer (of the 20th century kind) is locating in Georgia. Watching attempts to land a big business recruit to Georgia reminded me of the Old Man and the Sea. Only through dogged persistence did the protaganist land his fish — but, at what cost?
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Marc Canter has a thoughtful piece on where community is — and at the same time exposes the divide between the geeks (politically and socially) and the “real” world.
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