tag:dancunning.com,2005:/economy/index Examples of how people commonly avoid personal responsibility in discussions by implying facts or universal truths. 2012-03-10 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/smart-is-overrated.html Being smart is better than being stupid, but smart shouldn’t be the first word you want applied to you. How did smart get so important? How can it work against you? What other traits are more important? 2012-03-19 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/the-communication-age.html The explosion of the Internet and mobile devices shaped a new age where people across the globe are always connected and always communicating, irreversibly changing the way we meet, work, govern, and socialize. 2014-11-04 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/more-representative-democracy.html An outline for how a simple website could solve many of the problems with our current legislative systems. 2015-06-16 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/georgias-covid-19-growth-curve.html 2020-07-13T08:00:00-04:00 How well are we “flattening the curve”? Track the spread of coronavirus in Georgia over time in a graph and table. 2020-04-06 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/exponentials-in-pandemics-and-innovation.html Whether inside a computer or real life, a linear system under exponential pressure crashes and fails. 2020-04-16 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/political-and-personal-diversity.html As the world embraces diversity we should be mindful of where it's encouraged and where it's prevented and why. 2020-10-02 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/brookhaven-and-buford-highway.html In April 2022, Brookhaven's City Council approved a measure to redevelop the "blighted" area of Buford Highway. Let's look at this area and consider how it become a blight. 2022-06-17 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/2022-georgia-election-results.html Another election week is in the books, and another runoff is underway, but one choice continues to be unrivaled: choosing not to vote. 2022-11-15 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning https://dancunning.com/economy/dekalb-county-property-taxes.html DeKalb County schools account for 80% of my property taxes but the local high school only graduates 61% of its students and rebuilding/redistricting has been indefinitely. 2023-07-07 12:00:00 UTC Dan Cunning