In marketing and PR listening to the public is one of the most important steps, especially when they close their wallets.  Here is a case in which an industry outstripped demand and is facing an inevitable downturn.  Home builders need to construct affordable housing and they haven’t done so.  Householders need to moderate greed when selling […]

Posted on December 6th, 2018 by admin
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We noted here that Waymo is confronting an ugly reality by putting safety drivers back into its self-driving vans.  Here is another post-hype letdown that is worse than autonomous vehicles — Bitcoin.  The commentator opines that the value of the cryptocurrency is approaching zero.  It costs too much to mine and those digging it out […]

Posted on December 4th, 2018 by admin
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The Chinese scientist who edited human embryos to make them HIV resistant is now a pariah in the scientific world.  Scientists worldwide condemned his action and the Chinese government has shut down his work.  There has been a consensus to avoid tampering with human embryos until more is known about the effects of doing so.  […]

Posted on December 3rd, 2018 by admin
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Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is widely acknowledged to have the most advanced self-driving technologies for vehicles. So, if Waymo is having troubles keeping journeys autonomous and safe, what can be said for the rest of the industry?  That is the question that has arisen since Waymo put safety drivers back into its vans.  Hype […]

Posted on December 1st, 2018 by admin
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