- Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar. (NYT) While this could be a game changer for many, the pill has the same side effects as other GLP-1 drugs so it’s not an option for those who respond badly to the current group of GLP-1 medicines.
- Economists Tell Us Their Forecasts for Recession, Risk, Growth and Inflation (WSJ)
- ChatGPT o3 Model and the possible impacts to CA public universities
- The Dollar as the Dominant Currency Is Not Going Away. I agree that there is no replacement, but could there be a world where there is no “dominant” currency and the US is just the largest in a multi-polar currency order? Probably not.
- Accountants Finally Get the Sequel to Their Favorite Film: ‘The Accountant’ (WSJ)
- Tracking global migration with Meta location data (NYT). The paper can be found here.
- The Rise of the Research Automation: Science as process or product in the era of generative AI?
- Is College Still Worth It?
- See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home. Optimized for speed, not efficiency (and that’s fine).
- Lee Corso to sign off as ‘College Game Day’ analyst in August. The end of an era. He is 89 years old.
- Scientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life on distant planet
- Renewable energy hits 32% of global electricity in 2024. The study is here. The 32% number does not appear anywhere. It is derived from the total sum of the renewable energy options in use in 2024 (See page 6).
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson
Mostly Dross
Ramblings From Benson