They say productivity (output per worker hour) is once again peaking in the US. The question is it robotics and automation (and artificial intelligence) that’s been replacing the lack of employees during the pandemic? Or the fact that, during the pandemic, many folks are working longer hours (since they aren’t commuting) or happier working at home (and happier employees are far more productive)?
Continue reading Productivity Gains?
I’ve been a fan of Dr. Simon Johnson for a long time. This MIT Sloan School professor always has some great ideas.
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When I was a little boy in elementary school (and it might have continued through 7th or 8th grade- I’m not sure what year they stopped), we had an annual occurrence. We were administered the Stanford-Binet IQ tests.
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I’ve written often about the backlogs and bottlenecks at the IRS. The fact that millions of taxes are still unprocessed demonstrates the sad state of affairs at this all-important federal agency.
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Another one bites the dust.
I met Gil when I lived in Charlottesville and he was a DC area titan (actually, his firm was in Rockville- right before moving to Beltsville, MD after 15 years). Dr. Gilbert Levin was one of the first civil engineers I ever met that actually understood water microbiology and waste treatment. (He did earn a PhD in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins back in 1963.) He was the founder (and head) of Biospherics (eventually this metamorphosized into Spherix, Inc., during Gil’s tenure).
Do you remember all that BS from the Southern States this past year? That it was the liberal (their words, not mine) unemployment benefits that was causing all those jobs to be unfilled. That folks would rather collect the unemployment benefits than work.
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We helped design the water treatment systems for many plants and manufacturers over the years. Not just across the US, but around the world. Producing water that was never to be discharged from the facility yet would still met the needs of the process.
Continue reading Sparrows Point Rebirth?
Sunday….
Yes, I know today is Friday- but I don’t post on weekends, so this has to be the day for me to share with you.
This is going to be a touchy subject for some of you. But, that’s mostly because you have no clue what’s really been going on in the world. (No, I am not trying to insult you….)
Continue reading Time to Accept
What do we know about the vaccines?
As long as we are discussing vaccines from the Western World (in other words NOT the Sputnik or the Sinopharm), then we can make some general statements.
Continue reading A Who’s Who of the Vaccines