politics

businessTheresa May Resigns and Banks Have 25-40% Odds for a No-Deal Brexit

May 24, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
U.S. bank JPMorgan has raised its probability of a no-deal Brexit to 25%. They think the most likely scenario is Boris Johnson will become prime minister and then there will be a parliamentary election. They believe there is a 60% …
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canadaBrexit Party Could Win in UK Election and Trudeau Will Likely Lose in Canada

May 13, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
A new Opinium/Observer poll shows both major British parties have lost vote share: Labour has lost ground to the Lib Dems and Greens, while the Conservatives are losing ground to the Brexit Party who have reached 21%. The Brexit Party …
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futureDeep Fakes With Synthetic Media #TCRobotics

April 18, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
AI-based tools are proving capable of fabricating or modifying imagery and audio in ways that are nearly indistinguishable from reality. #TCRobi
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antiagingWould Antiaging Mean More Dictators?

March 2, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
By 2040-2050 there could be effective antiaging treatments that could enable people to live 30 years longer than they do today. One of the concerns that people have is that this will enable dictators for life to dominate their countries …
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futureAvoiding Civil War 2.0 With Better Options

February 21, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
There are fears that the US will have a hot civil war. There is currently what has been described as a cold civil war. This is where we have entrenched more political elites and media using social media, politics and …
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futureUniversal Basic Income Candidate Could Emerge From Crowded 2020 Field

February 13, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Andrew Yang was an entrepreneur and is now running for the President of the USA for 2020 on the issues of Universal Basic Income. medicare for all and human-centered capitalism. He was CEO of a test prep company that reached …
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californiaCalifornia Governor Newsome Wants to Complete High-Speed Rail From Merced to Bakersfield

February 12, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Newsom said California will complete a 110-mile (177 km) high-speed rail link between Merced and Bakersfield. This would not meet the requirements of the original bond measure. California had originally planned to build a 520-mile system in the first phase …
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energyTaiwan’s Ruling DPP Will Continue Nuclear Phaseout Against the Will of the People

February 5, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) made public a revised national energy policy to continue a nuclear energy phaseout despite a vote by the people of Taiwan to continue using nuclear power. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has determined …
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