Good Morning. Walmart's paper price tags are disappearing. Its CEO wrote a letter Friday explaining what the screens replacing them won't do. Plus, digital price tags, 406mph car, and important skills for adults (first time here? Join 523,000 Betterists).
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Walmart's Price Promise
Walmart's CEO promised Friday that the company's new digital price tags won't charge different prices based on who you are, your shopping history, or the time of day. About 2,300 stores already use them (does Amazon adjust pricing per person?).
The labels replace paper tags and let a central computer change prices instantly. Walmart says the same promise applies to its AI shopping assistant, which won't raise your price or hide cheaper options.
Federal regulators warned last month that personalized pricing may violate consumer protection laws, and that companies must disclose when personal data sets a price. Walmart says the tags help ensure the shelf price matches what rings up.
The move: compare the shelf price to your receipt before you leave | The FTC's warning to retailers
Estrangement Epidemic
About one in four American adults is estranged from a close relative (WSJ), and therapists say the pace is picking up. Last month, more than 138,000 TikTok videos mentioned cutting off or limiting contact with parents (political issues).
Both sides: Supporters say cutting ties can be necessary, especially where there was abuse, and that it's simply less stigmatized now. Critics say ordinary conflict is being relabeled as harm, and that social media rewards the decision (More).
Researchers tracking families over decades found most estrangements end: 81% of those with mothers and 69% with fathers eventually resume contact. At one conference this summer, 200 estranged parents came looking for answers, some from Australia. The psychologist who calls it an epidemic.
New Land Speed Record
The engines that power JCB's construction diggers just carried a car to 406 mph at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, a world record for a hydrogen vehicle. The old mark, set in 2004, was 185 mph (video).
Behind the wheel was Andy Green, 64, the only person to break the sound barrier on land. He hit 763 mph in a jet-powered car in 1997 and still holds that record too.
Getting a car to 400 mph usually takes three to five years. This team's first design meeting was roughly a year before the run. On the day, it averaged two passes: 400 mph, then 412. How Green trains for the heat.
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Can Investors Profit From the Dollar Losing Value?
You've probably noticed gas, groceries, and even a night out have gotten way more expensive.
That's not in your head. It's inflation - the steady rise in prices over time.
In English: Your dollars lose value every year. Sounds bad, but it's creating an opportunity for investors to profit.
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33 Things Every Adult Should Know How to Do
Nobody hands you a manual. Mark Manson made one anyway, with 33 skills. The seven worth stealing first:
Tolerate being disliked. Better to be disliked for who you are than loved for who you're not.
Act before you know how it turns out. Certainty arrives after the decision, if it ever does.
Design your environment. Disciplined people aren't stronger. They just remove the option.
Start with the smallest action. Motivation shows up after you begin. Put on the shoes, don't plan the workout.
Say what's wrong early. A hundred swallowed frustrations become one eruption.
Repeat boring reps. The work that changes your life is dull enough to ignore.
Pick problems worth having. Everything is hard. A good life isn't one without problems.
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