Description: We know the movement ‘Black Lives Matter’, but after hearing Dr. Warren Farrell address the problem, you will wonder why there is no analog to that called ‘Boys Lives Matter’. By virtually any measure, boys in America are in crisis. They are falling behind in schools, being yanked out of the workforce as automation …
If there is a trend in America begging for attention it’s what we see happening to boys in our culture. They’re failing in school, struggling to find identities and often unable to get jobs. And more to the point, they are acting out in ways that are destructive. We read in the news, on a …
You might find it increasingly difficult to get in to see your doctor–or any physician, for that matter-in the near future. The demand for doctors in the U.S. has outpaced supply, and the problem is only expected to get worse. According to new research from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. faces a …
Description: Predictive analytics is about to take the fun out of not knowing the future, according to Rebecca Costa, a sociobiologist (yes we have her explain that science). She explains that “we have more information–more empirical data–about the future than at any other time in human history. We know when a hurricane, tornado or tsunami …
Description: Whether it’s concerns about Internet security or real world impacts on the brick and mortar economy, high tech companies are under attack. And given their size and impact, The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse–Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon–are coming under scrutiny for various reasons. Some say they have grown too big and made various …
Description: Fifty years after the sexual revolution, sex in America is in decline. Americans are having less sex, the share of Americans who say they never once had sex in the past year is rising, and–perhaps most surprising–this revolution in sexual behavior is being led by the young. And this trend pre-dates the #MeToo movement. …
It’s doubtful that the subject of this episode is something you’ve given much thought to, but once the concept of ‘intangible assets’ is laid out it can make for a really important conversation about the future. Simply put, how do you put a value on a ride company that owns no cars(Uber)or a hospitality service …
Admittedly that would not make a great Hallmark card sentiment. Then again coming from one of the leaders of the white nationalist movement upon learning of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, what might you expect? Vegas Tenold, author of the book ‘Everything You Love Will Burn’ was embedded with groups like the KKK, the National …
Elaine Pofeldt reminds us that nearly 40 percent of people in the workforce are free agents, otherwise known as independent contractors, freelancers and anything but full-time, salaried employees with benefits. This change will call for reforms in a host of different areas of our society. For instance, how do you get credit from a bank …
he lead political story for 2018 may well be the number of women who have decided enough is enough and are running for political office on every level. The numbers reported thus far for Congress are astonishing. What’s driving this: the #MeToo Movement and Donald Trump would seem to be the answer. But women often …