Victim Covid-19 victims include those succumbing to current online scams. Why do we fall for the con? Because we want it to work. Wishful thinking & greed lure us into trying to get rich by making a small advance payment. Fear of missing out bounces us into accepting offers which are too good to be…
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Xylella Another virulent infection with no cure striking fear across the world: Xylella. Has dessicated 23,000 hectares of olive groves in S. Italy. Now in France, Germany & Spain. R rate of 19. Spread by insects & infected plant imports. 520 UK species at risk, especially olive, coffee plants, lavender, grapevines, cherry, almond, oak. Early…
Stockpile Coronavirus fears driving stockpiles. Governments aren’t immune & have previously hoarded: raisins, helium & rubber (USA), maple syrup (Canada), pork (China), butter, milk & wine (EU), sugar (USA & China), cotton (China & India). Better to devise supply-chain contingency plans, & partner with others, than try to guess what stock to pile & how…
Jobs theft Did the digital spreadsheet steal jobs? Yes & No. The 1978 invention replaced 2-page spreads in paper ledgers overnight & re-defined accountancy. 400,000 US bookkeeper/ accounts clerk jobs – calculate, fill-in, check, correct – ended. But as accounting became cheaper, more demand & 600,000 jobs for other types of accountant appeared. No need…
News Spinning out of control: the link between news and reality. It seems we don’t want boring news, but fearful/ angry reports. Like politics, news is partly show business, & gives us what we want Guessed the Word? Series 18 (3/5) [pic: ryan stefan]