The US now lives in the era of short-term monetization research led by billionaires, instead of the long-term innovation paradigm led by our non-profit academic research institutions. VC-backed AI startups reflect this shift as the US loses its lead in almost all aspects of science and engineering to China. Typical in empires that have reached …
Author Archives: Dr. Greg Maguire, Ph.D.
The Politics of Natural Disasters in the USA – Texas is #1 in More Ways Than One
Considering the three largest states in the USA, California, Texas, and Florida, it is California that has the least number of disasters with the lowest cost burden, by far, of the three. Texas, of course, is the number one disaster state. Yet, when the state of California faces a disaster, Republican politicians, especially those from …
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The Era of Renewable Energy: If Only the USA Had Embraced the Visionary Jimmy Carter Instead of the Regressive Ronald Reagan
We now live in the age of renewable energy, although big oil and their political shills will argue otherwise through their lies. President Jimmy Carter’s lead in renewable energy, especially solar energy, was quashed by the regressive policies of Ronald Reagan, a puppet of the wealthy. The USS Nautilus, created by Admiral Rickover, BS., M.S., …
Elon Tries to Kill “President Musk” Allegations After Another of His Total Disasters
Like his Cybertruck, Robotaxi, Tesla Semi, Tesla Roadster, Solar Panels, Hyperloop, Exploding Starships, Boring Company, Musk’s genius spending bill idea crashed and burned. Now he’s doing a media blitz so as not to be blamed, including by Trump. Elon Musk, who didn’t found Tesla, but stole it from the founders, and co-founded SpaceX but didn’t …
Republicans Love Bureaucracy, as Long as it is Privatized, Deregulated, Inefficent, and Profitable for the Wealthy
A bureaucracy is a system of organization that uses rules and procedures to coordinate the work of many people to accomplish large-scale tasks. Bureaucracies are often characterized by: When oversight of the bureaucracy by the people is in place, the system works well. But put the wealthy in charge of the bureaucracy, then only the wealthy benefit. …
Function Health is Another Theranosesque Scam
Meet Function Health, an Austin, Texas-based, venture capital-backed company offering gobs of blood tests, all for only $500/year. Wow, what a deal. They even tell you how old you are by analyzing your blood. Theirs is a Theranosesque story of a young woman solving her own health issues who decides to save the world in …
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Fluoride in the Water: Why Most Western European Countries Reject Fluoridated Water
Most of the Western European countries have rejected water fluoridation including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. For good reason. The topical benefits of fluoride for dental caries are as good as systemic but the associated risks are maximal when ingested. The ideal recommendation would be to limit …
The Billionaires Won Again
Witnessing the end of empire. The USA had a good ride from the 1930s until the 1980s, while the last 40 years has seen the beginnings of the end of empire. We are now in the acute phase of decline, and becoming what Britain became, a beligerent plutocracy that is a hollowed-out shell of its …
SpaceX Starship Will Never go to the Moon or Mars
The cofounder of SpaceX, aerospace engineer Tom Mueller (BS and MS in engineering), and his team, who developed the now successful SpaceX technologies, have left the company. What’s left is an insel with a speech impediment pretending to be an engineer and who thinks he’s an engineer because he takes credit for other people’s engineering …
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Florida, It’s Not a Tech Scene, It’s a Crime Scene
Florida has an economy built on rebuilding from hurricances and floods, fraud of all kinds, retirees, and tourism. Led by a corrupt governor, it’s a deregulated mess and falling down, fast. Conservative media that ballyhooed Miami as “Silicon Valley South” is media hype as the one and only large VC firm with offices in Miami …
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Stem Cells, Health, Technology 