2021 September 2 The Bryan Hyde Show

<p>The best remedy for feeling overwhelmed is to count your blessings. Sometimes that requires stepping back for a moment and reflecting on all the marvelous things we're taking for granted each day. Alexander Hammond walks us through the&nbsp;<a href="https://fee.org/articles/the-20-biggest-advances-in-tech-over-the-last-20-years/"><strong>20 biggest advances in technology in the past 20 years</strong></a>.</p> <p>The flipside to the technological advances that make our lives better is the growing technocracy that's been trying to gain control over our lives this past year and a half. Thomas L. Knapp sounds a hopeful note that, thanks to&nbsp;<a href="https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/16242"><strong>Covid-19, the technocracy has flowered and failed</strong></a>.</p> <p>We're learning, at some cost, that the Constitution is not enough to keep our elected representatives from abusing the power with which they've been temporarily entrusted.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/09/andrew-p-napolitano/when-the-constitution-fails-us/"><strong>Judge Andrew Napolitano points out that when the Constitution fails us</strong></a>, that's the time to nullify government interference with our personal autonomy.</p> <p>There's plenty of bad news out there and, sadly, some of it may actually be based in fact.&nbsp;<a href="https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/the-new-denialism?"><strong>Edward Snowden takes aim at bad news, bad data and the new denialism</strong></a>&nbsp;that threatens to put us into a state of civic paralysis.</p> <p>The incredible real estate boom throughout the Intermountain West has made it very difficult to find an affordable home or to even find a rental--at any price. Still, it could be worse. Jon Miltimore has an interesting article on&nbsp;<a href="https://fee.org/articles/why-many-in-sweden-have-to-wait-a-decade-or-longer-to-land-an-apartment/"><strong>why many in Sweden have to wait a decade or longer just to land an apartment</strong></a>.</p> <p>What happens when you mix politics wi