by David Brooks | Apr 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve learned to be very suspicious of claims that loudly proclaim themselves to be “pragmatic” or “realistic”. More often than not, those are code words for “we don’t want anything to change so we’ll block all reform,...
by David Brooks | Apr 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe NH in Nashua is discussing drug development at its Tuesday, April 15 meeting: The journey from lab bench to the pharmacy shelf for new drugs is typically long (>10 years) and costly (hundreds of millions of $ or more). This discussion highlight some of...
by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Axios Boston has an article about Northeastern University and Champlain College in Vermont testing an “artificial intelligence” program from Anthropic, a California startup. It’s called Claude for Education and there are lots of sweeping but...
by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I am constantly encountering maps online showing falling birth rates in countries around the world with alot of hand-writing about the consequences. And while there are consequences from resulting changes in society in some places – I’ve written about New...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s no limit to vaccine idiocy in Washington or Concord these days. New Hampshire Bulletin reports that the House has decided they, not doctors, should decide what childhood vaccines are necessary because of, you know, freedom. The bill would forbid the...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve often wonders what happens to all that white plastic used to wrap round bales of hay – which can weigh up to a ton – stored in fields for winter sileage. Vermont is trying to recycle it, which is easier said than done, as the Valley New reports...
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