“The answer to monopolistic costs imposed upon consumers is competition. With these three major corporations turning their attentions to providing just that, it may be possible to get genuine reform.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/can-amazon-fix-american-health-care/
“Research demonstrates the Importance of immigrants to the creation and growth of America’s largest and most valuable companies.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/4-little-known-facts-about-immigrants-and-company-founders/
“SpaceX has said it will offer speeds of up to a gigabit per second, with latencies between 25ms and 35ms. Those latencies would make SpaceX’s service comparable to cable and fiber. Today’s satellite broadband services use satellites in much higher orbits and thus have latencies of 600ms or more, according to FCC measurements. OneWeb was the first company to seek FCC approval to enter the US broadband market with low-Earth orbit satellites and received approval in June 2017. OneWeb wants to offer service in Alaska as early as 2019. Boeing is also planning to offer satellite broadband.”
“Researchers now believe the Maya had a population of 10 million, ‘much higher’ than previous estimates. The discoveries include urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, ceremonial centers, irrigation canals and fortifications.”
“They’re leapfrogging pharmaceutical companies’ incentive structures, funding and organizing their own research in search of a cure. And they’re trying many of the same approaches that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have used for decades.”
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/a-familys-race-to-cure-a-daughters-genetic-disease/
“A new class of antibiotic extracted from unknown microorganisms living in the soil, which they call malacidins, kills several superbugs — including the dreaded methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) — without engendering resistance.”
“Scientists at Stanford University say that the treatment works ‘startlingly well’ in mice, with nine out of ten animals cured after one injection, and the rest after a second injection. The treatment involves injecting tiny amounts of two drugs directly into a tumour – which triggers an ‘amazing body-wide’ reaction where the immune system attacks cancer cells.”
“The online service comes from interesting beginnings, as blogging pioneer Justin Hall registered the bud.com domain in 1994 to host software experiments and to advocate for cannabis legalization. Bud.com will join services such as Eaze and Grass Roots that provide online orders and delivery for recreational adult use.”
“Not only did he win at their own game with professorships at Harvard and Toronto and more citations than most of his peers get in a lifetime, but he also succeeds in the game of influence outside of the academy. By putting his lectures online, raising money via Patreon, and hosting independent lectures that anybody can attend, Peterson is unbundling the intellectual experience of the academy and removing the gatekeepers.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/many-intellectuals-cant-stand-jordan-peterson-why/
“In a recent Ted Talk, investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson says it all started when Obama gave the media their marching orders. She gives two main ways to tell if powerful interests are trying to manipulate opinion.”
