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...
by David Brooks | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
That excellent headline is on this excellent NPR article about an interesting study by Dartmouth researchers who found evidence that “patients can pick up on subtle facial cues from doctors that reveal the doctor’s belief in how effective a treatment will...
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