by David Brooks | Jul 29, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A big article in Saturday’s Times about the arrival of robots in industrial settings talks about C&S Wholesale Grocers, which is based in Keene (it’s owner is the state’s richest person, although you don’t hear about him much). The company...
by David Brooks | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
With massive floods to the west of us, huge wildfires to the north and continuing sea-level rise to the east, New Hampshire homeowners would be wise to prepare for the worst. They can start by checking their home insurance. That’s the message from the New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
No New Hampshire angle here, but I am fascinated by this study which shows that placebos – fake medicine that patients think is real – work better if they are presented as being tailored specially for the individual. Our minds are wondrous things. Check it...
by David Brooks | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I love the history of telephone systems – the way they grew from tiny separated systems, with a wire connecting two buildings, into town-wide networks, then regional, then national. The Monadnock Ledger-Transcript in Peterborough, published a nice look at how...
by David Brooks | Jul 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I missed one of the big stories in the recent ISO-NE analysis of the New England grid. I reported on the way it shows rooftop solar reduces costs for everybody, even those without solar – but I didn’t notice that ISO-NE acknowledged that behind-the-meter...
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