Daily Policy Brief – 09/02/2024

Your daily policy brief to explore emerging topics and discover top-notch policy material about fields that impact and inform our preparedness like Economics, Geopolitics, Climate Change, Science & Technology and more, hand-selected daily for you.

As always, we prepare for the worst, but hope and pray for the best!


Daily Policy Topics

Economics

Why We’ll Replace the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for Our Series, “The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America”

Turkey Formally Requests To Join BRICS, Citing Frustration In EU Bid

David Stockman On The Mother Of All Housing Bubbles

The Failure Of Economics Statistics

Geopolitics

Ukraine’s Gamble

A NATO Invasion of Nuclear Russia is Currently Underway

Vietnam, Philippines Agree to Bolster Maritime Security Cooperation

China’s Defense Spending: The $700 Billion Distraction

US Seizes Venezuelan President Maduro’s Plane, Flies It To Florida

Russia Updating Nuclear Weapon Doctrine Due To Western ‘Escalation’ Of Ukraine War

The Rise Of Global Conformism

Netanyahu Rejects Pressure To Reach Ceasefire Deal, Reaffirms Stance on Philadelphia Corridor

Climate Change

Global Solar Generation Overtakes Wind Power

The Harsh Reality of the Global Energy Transition

The risk of global water scarcity is greater when accounting for the origin of rain

Science & Technology

Why Did Zuckerberg Choose Now To Confess?

In a white hat victory, Mark Zuckerberg and former UK Prime Minister talk conspiracy truth

Sign or veto: What’s next for California’s AI disaster bill, SB 1047?

CrowdStrike faces onslaught of legal action from faulty software update

RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors

Ransomware Gangs Pummel Southeast Asia

American Politics

The Stupid Price Gouging Discourse

Eric Weinstein: ‘I Don’t Know Whether Trump Will Be Allowed To Become President’

Nancy Pelosi Says The Quiet Part Out Loud To Bill Maher

Good News!

Good News in History September 2

True Story of Penguin’s Annual Return to See the Man Who Saved it From Oil Spill is Now a Feature Film (See Trailer)

New Process ‘Vaporizes’ Plastic Bags and Bottles to Help Make Recycled Materials

Elon Musk’s Starlink to Provide Free Emergency Phone Coverage in Wilderness Areas Worldwide

Five ways to avoid burnout


Quote of the Day

“[I]t’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.”

– Judy Blume

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