Technology, more than perhaps any other single factor, will be instrumental in enabling more adults to age in place. That’s the wish of 76% of American adults over 50, but only 46% believe they’ll be able to do so. What if existing tech- such as smart sensors to detect falls- paired with access to on-demand service providers could be leveraged to that end?
Welcome to Iceberg Alley, where the typical berg towers 50 feet high, weighs 150,000 tons and lies right in the path of a trans-Atlantic shipping lane. Meet the guy who rounds up these masses of ice before they become titanic threats.
“What this town needs is a good old-fashioned lynching. The real thing. With all the trimmings. It would be like going to church. Puts things in their proper perspective. Reminding everybody of who they are, where they stand. Divides the world simple and pure. Good or bad. Oppressors and oppressed. Black or white.”
Hey, it’s 2019… Which is why it was shocking- but not surprising- that Ken Fisher of Fisher Investments recently came under fire. Fisher is well known for his anti-annuity rants. In that regard, he may be the most economically successful internet troll in history. This was yet another thread. Addressing professionals at the elite Tiburon Summit, Fisher compared landing a client to “getting into a woman’s pants,” discussed genitalia and joked about branding employees with the name of his company.
Think school is tough? Baboons have a half dozen hours of sunlight a day to devote to being rotten to each other. What their relationships can teach us about human stress and social hierarchy.
Is the polygraph really a mind-reader? Or is the media not telling us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the device known as the lie detector?
“I always want to say to [skeptics]: ‘What do you think people should do when they retire? If it’s so easy and you don’t need an insurer involved, how much would you spend on Day 1?’ And they’re always like ‘Well I don’t know, like 4%.’ Well, 4% on what day? What about next year?”
Congratulations! You’ve had a successful career and you’re on the brink of retirement. Take a look at that 401(k). Maybe you’re lucky and have a million dollars to stretch out for decades. What does that mean for a monthly budget once you’ve retired? Hard to say, really. And what if you’re the average 60 to 69-year-old? Then the total is $195,500. Try dividing that by a lifetime, should such a calculator exist.
Sabrina McLaughlin Smith 