by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I am not a fan of “challenges” – you know, when a group or person says “I am issuing a challenge for you to do XYZ!” rather than saying “You should do XYZ because of these reasons”. Challenges strike me as a cheap way to make...
by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Here’s a riddle for you: How can a medical test that is 99% accurate be wrong half the time, even when it is performed correctly? The answer: When the disease is rare. That doesn’t seem to make much sense – testing is even more important when a disease is rare, isn’t...
by David Brooks | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The United States seems to be finally waking up to the realization that offshore wind farms are a relatively painless, although not cheap, method of generating large-scale renewable energy. As NHPR reports, New Hampshire doesn’t want to be left out: New...
by David Brooks | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
If you want to make sure that your snowplows don’t hit roadside reflector poles that are buried in snow, how do you mark them? If you’re in a tree-filled place like the White Mountains, why not use trees? Like, say, 4,000 of them? That’s what I wrote...
by David Brooks | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
There are not one but two companies with a presence in New Hampshire working on flying cars, although the vehicles more accurately described as planes that can drive. If you want to learn more – and you know you do – click through to my story in the...
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