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August 1, 2016 by

Summer Is Too Important for Politics to Steal

If you can get your mind off the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, if you can stop checking your 401(K), which seems to have taken off for the dark side of the moon, if you can turn off the cable news channels and do a quick personal inventory, noting that your arms, legs […]

Tech Giants Will Boost Nuclear but Won’t Help With Your Bill

Llewellyn King

There is an abiding faith that if someone is good at one thing, they must be good at many things. At heart, it is a belief that outside the metaphorical box, there is much greater ability than inside it. This is once again on display with widespread enthusiasm for the idea that the looming shortage […]

Women Face Massive Layoffs as AI Use Spreads in the U.S.

Llewellyn King

March is Women’s History Month and a time to take a look at how women are progressing, or otherwise. Alas, the news for women in the United States isn’t good, and the future is foreboding as they are about to lose 6 million jobs to artificial intelligence. Work traditionally done by women — secretaries, receptionists, […]

Entrepreneur Weir Says Kilowatts Need Liquidity To Be Banked, Traded Like Money

Llewellyn King

Chase Weir isn’t easy to unpack. But it is an endeavor that is worth it. Weir gives the impression of being a quiet, perhaps contained man. But when he talks, ideas flow, and particularly about the electricity supply ecosystem. I spent the best part of two days at the University Club in Washington talking […]