by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Interesting Scientific American article (here) about biometric study of people in cities, with this conclusion: Our research group at Tufts University has conducted a number of facial analysis and eye-tracking studies, and sifting through these data we see that people...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The nation’s first real right-to-repair law – a pretty limited one covering instructions for cars, but it’s a start – went into effect in Massachusetts on Thursday. The Boston Globe reports (full story here): The opposition arguments (safety!...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From the University of Glasgow: The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles, according to the latest research on the impact of climate change on our oceans. Analyzing...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The USDA has given the green light to a vaccine against the bacteria that causes Lyme: The vaccine isn’t a rodent-sized injection, which wouldn’t work for targeting large populations quickly. Instead, it’s coated onto edible, nutrition-free pellets that mice gobble...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
When George Saunderson of Loudon was thinking about a new car recently, he reflected on his son’s enthusiasm for his electric Hyundai. Intrigued by the thought of getting an EV, he went to a nearby dealer. “I said, ‘Can you show me one?’ And they said, ‘Nope, they...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I am alternately panicking and fascinated by the exponential change in the technologies called A.I. An engineer I know pointed to this video from Center for Humane Technology. It’s a couple of talking heads who are alarmed by the speed the technology is changing...
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