The old socratic dialogue of constantly asking good questions is CRITICAL for today's #AI landscape. Not only to truly benefit from the technology, but to avoid paying premium plans.

AI Will Create Work, Not Decimate It History shows that technological revolutions draw out human potential.

Great read on #AI. We need to look at it as a complementarity, not a substitution. This in turn will define the incentives, policies, and regulations. Let's focus on the augmentation potential from the start. Not the substitution.

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Data Whisperer | Substack Regional/community/economic developer and scholar. Number cruncher. Storyteller. Data whisperer.

Morning and wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and productive week. If you have not had a chance, please subscribe (it is free!) to my Substack: substack.com/@datawhisperer

I review and discuss demographic and socioeconomic trends.

The Year (2025) in Review A look at data whispers in 2025, with some AI help

To close out the year 2025, here is a recap of my #DataWhisperer Substack. Twenty posts (including this one), 66 subscribers, and more than 2,400 reads. Not bad.

#RegionalDevelopment
#DataInsights
#GenAI

datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-year-2...

Part 2: Prime Working Age, More Educated, and Higher Income Geographic Mobility A look at interstate trends

Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number crunching. For part 2 of geographic mobility, we looked at those moving from a different state between 2013 and 2023, overall, prime working age, more educated, and higher income.

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Great graphic by @noaa.gov showcasing how global warming is affecting the jet stream, in turn affecting cold and snowfall.

It is painful to watch the #Colts. How they started. How they are playing.

Who Moved? From Where? A Descriptive Analysis of Geographic Mobility in the United States

#DidYouKnow less people moved in 2023 compared to 2013? Learn more on who moved and where did they come from in my latest #DataWhisperer post.

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Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it’s distributed Most of the universe is made up of dark matter and dark energy. The majority of everything else is dispersed throughout space as tiny particles.

This is pretty cool.

theconversation.com/most-normal-...

The #Indiana population ages 0 to 14 decreased by 13,000 between 2000 and 2024 while the population age 65 or older increased by 461,000

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Now we go from a "big freeze" to a "big crunch", and perhaps, a "big bounce". Fortunately these latest estimates give us billions of years 'til the end.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Yikes. All items on my Amazon buy later list increased in price.

Welcome to Zero Migration America Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative

Will we ever know the impact of Trump's immigration policy?

"Four of the seven bosses of the “Magnificent Seven” technology companies were born abroad"

Welcome to Zero Migration America
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From The Economist

Nerding out a bit. Just finished reading "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett. EXCELLENT read. Highly recommend it.

So, bear with me ... #AI data centers investments are crazy high, and the energy they need too. Yet, the human brain uses about the same energy as a light bulb. Are we down the right path when it comes to #AI?

How Efficient is Your Entrepreneur Pipeline? Exploring the characteristics of counties with a high entrepreneurship efficiency.

Ever wondered how your entrepreneurs compare to an increase or decrease in workers or population in your community? Check out my latest #DataWhisperer number-crunching: open.substack.com/pub/datawhis...

FCC Killing USF WiFi Hotspots After a prompt from Senator Ted Cruz, the FCC will be voting to ban using the Universal Service Fund to buy hotspots that can be lent to the public from libraries. This follows a similar action ear…

Oh my ... speaking of going the wrong way when it comes to addressing the #digitaldive

potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/09/23/f...

Trump Adds $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee and Rolls Out $1 Million ‘Gold Card’ The new annual fee is intended to crack down on a system the Trump administration says has been used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.

Hey @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social: will this hold? Does it apply to research and public universities?

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Unhedged chart of the week; Pity the poor Fed
via @hakyungkim.bsky.social
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Is the US already in a recession? For vast segments of the American economy it certainly feels that way

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How did the working age population (ages 15 to 64) change between 2013 and 2023? For one, it increased by 7.3 million. Which racial/ethnic groups were responsible for this increase?

Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...

The Working Age, the Future Talent Pipeline, and Retirement Age Groups Specific race/ethnic groups are driving these changes

Check out my latest Data Whisperer number crunching: the role race/ethnic groups playes in increasing/decreasing specific age groups. Read more: datawhisperer.substack.com/p/the-workin...

Novel cement lets buildings cool themselves When temperatures get too hot to handle, most of us crank up the air conditioning to keep cool. It does the job, but it's expensive and uses a significant amount of energy. But now an innovation by sc...

Pretty cool!

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Why?

Starlink wants billions in grants, but state governments aren’t cooperating Despite Trump’s backing, states aren’t giving Starlink the money it demanded.

Was not expecting this! Glad to see states are prioritizing technology that will provide what the user needs in five or ten years, not today or yesterday.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Definitely stronger headwinds! We will see next year if for the first time in decades, the US population declines.

Yes! Read same article. Very interesting. Some counties/states will lose,but not sure about the entire country. Place your bets!

Indeed! We shall see if it does decline. Looking forward to the stats next year!