S3E02-5 Circling the Drain 'Intellectually Bankrupt" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. It’s Friday, which often means it’s time for an A.I. Update on Something’s Happening Here. But today, we’ll approach Artificial Intelligence from a place of satire rather than alarm; because A.I. is just a supercomputer’s conglomeration of human knowledge and thought processes. It is …
S3E02-4 Circling the Drain "Morally Bankrupt" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. After three days of looking at how the world is failing financially, today on Something’s Happening Here we pause and look at some other ways that the spirit of bankruptcy is infecting everything in the modern world. And what could be more corrupt than …
S3E02-3 Circling the Drain " Who Works the Workers?" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. Today on Something’s Happening Here, we look at yet another financial bankruptcy that is happening right now, and which is sure to have a ripple effect on business across the marketplace. But this time, we’re focusing on one major contributor to …
S3E02-2 Circling the Drain "Tighten the Belt Until it Breaks" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. The Great Recession of 2008 and onward happened in large part due to the tightening of credit standards at major banks. Businesses of all sizes depend on positive cash flow to keep operations going, and often that involves some sort …
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S3E02-1 Circling the Drain "Running on Empty" from Talking Donkey on Vimeo. A quote attributed to Ernest Hemingway goes like this: “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” You and I are living through a clear societal decline in the Western world, by many metrics, for many reasons; and many may wonder …