Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Saturday, March 25, 2017

38% of US Jobs Could Be Taken Over By Automation Within 15 years

According PwC, within 15 years 38% of jobs in the US, 30% in the UK, and 20% in Japan could be taken over by automation. There are gonna be a lot of people not working.

CNN: U.S. workers face higher risk of being replaced by robots.

Representative Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Federal Decriminalization of Pot

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to decriminalize marijuana. The bill, Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act would remove marijuana from the federal controlled substances list, allowing marijuana to be treated like alcohol and tobacco.

Rep. Gabbard homepage: Calls for Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana

60% In US Want Legal Pot

In a poll conducted by Gallup, 60% of Americans want to legalize marijuana.

Gallup: Support for Legal Marijuana Use Up to 60% in U.S.

Wasted Money?

Imagine if all the money wasted by the former administrations of President Lee Myung-bak and Park Keun-hye was instead invested in alternative energy. Pipe dreams? hehe

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Illinois May Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Illinois is the newest state to consider legalizing recreational marijuana. They already decriminalized marijuana in 2016. 

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Negative Emotions Are Necessary To Well Being?

Many studies say that negative emotions play an important part in emotional and mental well being, Depression helps to alter our consciousness and give us a different perspective on things that are troubling or concerning to us. Anger and other bad feelings draw attention to problems or important matters that need our attention.

Sometimes negative feelings result from physical pain, or cognitive dissonance, and other times they result from legitimate concerns.

For detailed information on negative feelings and well being, please refer to the following article in Scientific American.