Autumn 2023 - Issue 11

Slower News Quarterly

Another Autumn (or Spring if you happen to live in Southern Hemisphere…) is here.

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These were the articles added this Summer:

geopolitics

• Europeans are becoming poorer.

demography

• Will nations fund fertility?¹

work, education & skills

• The workers at the frontlines of the AI revolution.

energy

• What's an ambient superconductor?

culture, beliefs & ethics

• Vaporwave.²

blockchain

• Legality of cryptocurrency by country.³

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This issue sponsor: It could be you!

1. A relevant topic, even if I don't agree with the conclusion. Large sectors of societies don't believe in mass immigration, so sooner or later, they must fund it. Here's some anecdotal information: As far as I know, Polish center-right is already promising subsidized in vitro.

2. Aesthetic patterns are unveiled by time, but I believe this one, as a 'catch-all' category, is consensual. It expresses nostalgia from a time when we believed our civilization could influence our future. I may be biased here.

3. Updates an article about crypto regulation that went 404 recently.