I’m noticing a slow, gradual, positive (bodily) improvement, while also noticing sudden performance declines (in my walking). My mother (91) experiences a (mental) opposite effect. This effect is know as the sawtooth effect. The sawtooth effect describes a pattern of sudden performance or efficiency drops followed by a gradual recovery, creating a jagged graph...
Intro LO: The article below is saving me from writing something similar that was provisionally entitled: Is this how a falling SuperPower looks like? Its key ingredients would have been these: arrogance & ignorance; human stupidity, including The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by Italian economic historian Carlo M. Cipolla; The Peter principle and...
Intro LO: This article represents an American perspective, which is quite clear from the following WSJ quote: “The European Union itself is a good example of the promise and limits of cooperation—it links 27 countries, giving it collective clout to negotiate trade deals and set common standards. But its bureaucracy bogs down decision-making on everything from...
The US threats to American countries (eg, Canada, Latin and South America) and also to Greenland (Europe) gave rise to my new diagram. My 2026 diagram is partially based on my 2018 diagram that (only) compared Europe and USA. This 2026 diagram compares China, Europe, Russia, and USA. To be continued. DISCLAIMER: Following comments on my draft version (eg,...
https://youtu.be/0hiUuL5uTKc?si=gokJrFPoeZ3X3SMd artist, lyrics, video, Wiki-artist, Wiki-song Sources: AP, 3 January 2026: Trump says Venezuela's Maduro has been captured after US conducted 'large scale strike' on country Bloomberg, 3 January 2026: Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela New York Times, 3 January 2026: U.S. Captures Venezuelan...
Intro LO: I’ve decided using the Wall Street Journal article (below) because this type of crisis is unknown in Europe. Probably because Europe favours fair inequality while America favours unfair inequality (eg, my 2018 blog, a 2017 Yale study). I agree with the author (below): the American ‘Affordability Crisis’ cannot be solved. Neither can other American crises...
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