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Airless tire technology has been in development my entire life. I first read about it in 1973 when it was a new development set to revolutionize the automotive industry. While offering numerous advantages, airless technology proved far more challenging to bring to market than anticipated. Michelin recently took a significant step toward releasing an automotive airless tire with public testing of the Uptis prototype.
Forbs recently published an article about the current talent shortage facing businesses. It didn’t have much new to say, except it added context to the size and scope of the problem. Finding skilled workers is a huge problem facing businesses in the US and across the globe. The article hints at the root cause and where the solutions lie but never makes it clear.
All of the things that the United States government had been doing in the Middle East since the end of World War II provoked the 9/11 attack. The American people were not responsible for the actions of nineteen psychopaths with box cutters. But Americans suffered the consequences of losing control of their government. They voted for a government that went overseas and involved itself in the affairs of others using violent means. Instead of constraining these activities, Americans focused on domestic issues such as welfare programs and culture wars. By making these federal issues, interventionist foreign policy became a side issue in national politics and the eventual blowback came as a surprise.
