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A few weeks ago the keywords in society were well known.   Among them were, organic, green, carbon footprint, worker, shareholder value, new capitalism, social justice, healthcare, impeachment, big data, electric cars, and global.  The new keywords have changed to healthcare, quarantine, sequester, infection, risk, pandemic, survival, vulnerability, lock down, separation, work-at-home, coronavirus, school closures, work-place closures, isolation, and more. In just a month, the axis of the world has tilted from the direction of selective prosperity to a direction of possible depression and decline. Adjustment is difficult. Reconciliation is difficult. Acceptance is nearly impossible.

Here are a few thorny issues for your week's consideration.  The News Feed .  Have you wondered what news feed that foreign leaders read about the USA?   For example, if Canada's PM Trudeau listens only to CNN he learns one thing; if he listens to FOX he learns another.  If he listens to the White House he learns more insider information we don’t know.  So, how does he compute his operational calculus?  How would you?  Not so easy, yes?  And Canada is tiny - and friendly.  Multiply all this by 5x or 10x gives a complexity glimmer of USA negotiations with other nations, e.g. China.  What news from the USA do they compute with?  I don’t know.  Do you?   Just how are these deals done?  Almost all of us are completely naive and inexperienced on such interactions.  We guess. We criticize. But actually we just don't know.  ----------------- The Insider Betrayal .  This is the politician that sells out their own party for little gain but notoriety.  Mostly, they h

Electric cars.  I like the idea, want to have one, and eventually will have one.  Yet, there are questions any reasonable person will need answered. What will happen when millions of electric cars are on the road?  We will enjoy what is called the statistics of testing at scale .   A few examples: a.      Exploding and failing batteries – at minimum causing traffic problems ·        At homes ·        On the freeway. ·        In public garages. ·        Fire issues b.      Demands on the electrical grid and charging availability – charging these machines will enhance demand on possibly fragile electrical delivery systems.  If you’re out of juice, you can’t just walk a few blocks to get a refill.  As well extant gas station will need to install expensive high amperage wiring together with charging stations.  Note the simplistic examples with the Samsung cell phone.  c.      Demand for engine and system repair.  Trained technicians will be needed en mass .  This is esp