by Larry Shultz | Feb 18, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Biodiversity, Botany, Democracy, E O Wilson, Ecology, Education, Ethnobotany, Neuroeconomics, Physical Geography, Public Policy
‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation – The Chronicle (dukechronicle.com) Are Herbaria Still Relevant in the 21st Century? | Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (asu.edu There was more than an inkling of the...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 18, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Cities, Democracy, Human and Civil rights, US West
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisc o (lrb.co.uk) I used to be proud of being from the San Francisco Bay Area. I thought of this place in terms of liberation and protection; we were where the environmental movement was born; we were...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 14, 2024 | Covid-19, Democracy, Human and Civil rights, Neuroeconomics, Public Health, Public Policy, Retirement
Hospitals Deny Immunocompromised Patients’ ADA Requests For Masks (forbes.com) We have attacked both human and civil rights for so long abroad, it is not unexpected to see the erosion here, in our face, as well. Justice is atrophying daily. Perhaps we may want to...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 13, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Democracy, Education, Human and Civil rights, Public Policy
Secularism and tolerance of minority groups predicts future prosperity of countries (phys.org)
by Larry Shultz | Feb 10, 2024 | Behavioral Economics, Cities, Climate, Democracy, Emergent Properties, Public Health, Public Policy, Retirement
America’s Most Expensive Home for Sale Hits the Market for $295 Million – WSJ Donahue invented mutual funds. Each grandchild gets a cool $1 million at 18 or 21. I have been by there numerous times on a boat and just walking to the south end of the sparkling...
by Larry Shultz | Feb 9, 2024 | Democracy, Education, Public Policy, Science
A very recent OECD skills study showed that citizens, age 16-65, of the USA scored 19th of 20 nations in the adjusted mean numeracy test and 18 of 21 in literacy. For young people age 16-24 in the numeracy test the USA was 24 of 24, and 20 of 21 in literacy. In terms...
