Survivorship bias. The ones that were easier to kill died off. The hardier stock survived.
Recently, we had COVID. Those who were fragile (or nearing their expiration date) did not make it. Those who survived are likely to live on for a bit longer.
The longer you live, the more likely that you will die of cancer. If nothing else gets you first, cancer will get you eventually. That is just biology. Over time, our cells don't reproduce quite the same. Cancer.
A more active lifestyle is healthier overall, but it won't prevent cancer.
Keep in mind that you (or your employer) are already paying Social Security tax, Unemployment Insurance tax, State Disability Insurance tax, etc. Those tax withholdings would become part of the UBI tax that you would be paying.
Where does the UBI money come from? Even if it was only $10,000/year, that would be... $3.2 trillion a year.
How much do we spend now? Social Security + Unemployment Insurance + Disability + Food Stamps + etc. is $2 Trillion a year. By replacing/combining these into UBI, plus any savings from reduced administrative overhead covers most of it. (since there is no means testing, everyone gets a payment, resulting in a lot less administrative overhead.)
The rest is covered by a progressive UBI tax. People earning only UBI pay no UBI tax. People earning an average income pay as much UBI tax as they are getting in UBI. People earning above average income pay more in UBI tax than they are receiving in UBI.
I'm not convinced that it is a good idea... the devil is in the details, and no detailed plan has been put forth to be evaluated, but the basic concept is sound.
It is global. We saw these trends reported in China as the "Lie Flat" and "Let it Rot" movements. In Japan as "Satori Generation" or even "Hikikomori".
Hell in a handbasket... all of us.
You joke, but Vance has been doing the rounds pushing the line that "If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12-hour news story. The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy." -as if that makes everything that is happening now OK.
Besides, let's not pretend that funding lesbian theater troops in Ireland was in some way in our national interest. There was quite a lot of USAID funding that simply went to fulfilling some private political goal instead of our national interests.
Ok. So precisely how much USAID money was spent "funding lesbian theater troops in Ireland" ?
It's your example, defend it: Give us the numbers, and cite sources.
Liar.
I can look out my back door and see the high tide line where my yard becomes the coast. It has changed significantly. During king tides it is wet nearly to my back steps.
Up north in San Francisco, the area of streets (embarcadero?) around the piers near the ferry building commonly go underwater during king tides. When I was a teenager I used to go up there and it was only wet with occasional storm surge waves.
Yes. That is part of their defense:
Meta also said it didn't violate the children's online privacy law because it directed Facebook and Instagram to a general audience, not just children under age 13.
"We harm everyone, not just kids!"
He badly needs a success. Something he can show to the public and the boss man as a win. This may be it.
They are doing it. There was an article the other day about it. (can't find it in my history now... you could google for it if interested)
There is a major shift towards buying components for small multi-purpose drones that can be built by grunts in the field vs buying big multi-million dollar remote operated specialist craft. Army grunts are being trained to assemble, modify, and operate small drones for field operations. Small drones for short range recon and attack, at the squad level.
Overpopulation is not the solution to pollution. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Why does innovation mean companies can steal material and think they can get away with it
Copyright infringement is not theft.
In case you missed it...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Monday, June 29, 2026 that: Constitutional privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment apply to cellphone location data, including "geofence warrants" used by law enforcement. The Justices determined that accessing a user's location history from a third party constitutes a "search," requiring probable cause and a warrant.
The Tao is like a stack: the data changes but not the structure. the more you use it, the deeper it becomes; the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
