AMERICANTHINKER - How to Build an Antifragile Airline
Perchance AI From Pan Am and TWA to more recent casualties and restructurings, aviation has become almost synonymous with financial instability.
AMERICANTHINKER - A Boston Prof Links Hayek to the ‘Far Right’
Vladimír Krupa 81 A Canadian professor is deeply disturbed by Friedrich A. Hayek's mustache.
AMERICANTHINKER - Republicans Won the Redistricting War. Will They Secure its Legacy?
Photo Credit:Republican elephant pixabay America is stronger when maps reflect the people's will through their elected representatives rather than blue race-baiting.
AMERICANTHINKER - Colorado’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning for America
chatgpt The empty desks appearing across Colorado today are the delayed consequence of decisions made years ago by politicians, educators, and cultural elites.
AMERICANTHINKER - Treason – At Home, at Work, and in the Shipping Department
Photo Credit:Shipping Department Magnific free download Treason takes many forms, and a recent case in the news shows that it can come through normal-looking business transactions, through regular domestic and international purchases and sales.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - AI is masking America's "post-literate" workforce
Millions of working Americans struggle to read at a functional level — and artificial intelligence may be helping hide it. Why it matters: Low literacy is quietly becoming a major economic drag, even as AI tools allow workers to complete tasks they may not fully understand. - Experts warn that this can mask deeper skill gaps until workers are asked to make judgments, solve problems or evaluate AI-generated answers. - Some researchers call this "cognitive surrender" — when people defer to AI outputs without fully evaluating them. - That creates a workforce that looks productive on the surface but is vulnerable to disruption. By the numbers: Roughly 130 million U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level, according to adult literacy…
NYTIMES (Stefanos Chen and Dave Sanders) - Inside the Subway Expansion a Century in the Making
The next phase of the Second Avenue subway, first proposed in the 1920s, could finally be completed by 2032, creating a new transit hub in Harlem.
NYTIMES (Sabrina Tavernise) - Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?
Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.
NYTIMES (Kalley Huang and Brian X. Chen) - Apple Expected to Detail Its A.I. Plans at Conference
For the second time, the company is expected to explain its artificial intelligence plans. Unlike some rivals, it is not reorganizing around the technology.
NYTIMES (Steve Lohr) - Why Your Next Diagnosis May Be Guided by an A.I. Helper
OpenEvidence, a fast-growing start-up, is using artificial intelligence to help doctors find answers to clinical questions for diagnosis and treatment.