by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
Much to my irritation, I haven’t been allowed up on the scaffolding surrounding the State House dome as they regild it (something about safety – pfffft!) but I did get a chance to talk to the foreman of the crew doing the work and to see what gold leaf...
by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
The problem with evidence-based medicine – with evidence-based anything – is that sometimes the evidence doesn’t point where you want it to. Consider a study “to determine if exercise therapy is superior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for...
by David Brooks | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog
An analyst of energy storage systems at Greentech Media (my favorite news source for solar/alt-energy information) has listed five “surprising” states where commercial energy storage is doing well or likely to do well, to go along with obvious states like...
by David Brooks | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog
America wastes at least a third, and maybe even half, of the food we grow for human consumption, and a big reason is that you and I and other consumers won’t buy vegetables and fruit unless they look perfect. There’s even a small push to sell...
by David Brooks | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog
When virtual becomes virtual reality, reality’s problems come along for the ride. That’s why Pokemon Go, the charming and delightful virtual-reality game that is sweeping the world, has inadvertently reflected the nasty way we humans separate ourselves...
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