Tag: fear

August 12, 2020 admin123@ No comments exist

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…

August 5, 2020 admin123@ No comments exist

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…

March 10, 2020 admin123@ No comments exist

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…

September 10, 2018 admin123@ No comments exist

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…

January 26, 2018 admin123@ No comments exist

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]