ThinkBench

10/12/2023

What if it was ADHD Awareness Month and they forgot to tell anyone?

08/09/2023

07/02/2022

05/18/2022

The pricing of products is turning from art into science

10/11/2021

Meanwhile, benefits are being cut, crimping disposable incomes

01/28/2021

In defence of millennial investors

10/22/2020

Though less common than in the past, Legionella bacteria and other dangerous pathogens still lurk in drinking water

09/09/2020

Crying 'Pe*****le' Is the Oldest Propaganda Trick in the Book

The far-right trolls accusing Tom Hanks of pe******ia aren’t original. They’re just the latest propagandists borrowing a tactic that long, long predates the internet.

The far-right trolls accusing Tom Hanks of pe******ia aren’t original. They’re just the latest propagandists borrowing a tactic that long, long predates the internet.

08/25/2020

On Crime in America...

I am not sure how you talk about this without at least referencing Donohue-Levitt but that is another matter.

Will you get robbed this year? How would you rate your chances? Over 10 years, from 1994 to 2004, the national Survey of Economic Expectations asked respondents…

08/05/2020

The race to rid the world of pain

07/30/2020

Covid-19 Data in the US Is an ‘Information Catastrophe’

The order to reroute CDC hospitalization figures raised accuracy concerns.

But that's just one of the problems with how the country collects health data.

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-data-in-the-us-is-an-information-catastrophe/

WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. The breakthroughs and...

05/09/2020

How typefaces influence you

A typeface choice could influence your perception of people running for school board seats, the lawyer opening a new law office, or the coffee shop you never noticed before.

A typeface choice could influence your perception of people running for school board seats, the lawyer opening a new law office, or the coffee shop you never noticed before.

05/08/2020

The Patent Office Is “Adjusting” to the Alice Supreme Court Ruling by Ignoring It

In 2014, the Supreme Court decided the landmark Alice v. CLS Bank case. The Court held generic computers, performing generic computer functions, can’t make something eligible for patent protection. That shouldn’t be controversial, but it took Alice to make this important limitation on patent-...

05/03/2020

Simple Contexts: The Domain of Best Practice

Complicated Contexts: The Domain of Experts

Complex Contexts: The Domain of Emergence

Wise executives tailor their approach to fit the complexity of the circumstances they face.

04/24/2020

Data Is The New Oil: How Shell Has Become A Data-Driven And AI-Enabled Business

Today, every organization must become a more data-driven business. While most understand that this is important, they might not know how to do it. Here we share insights and learning from energy-giant Shell on how to prioritize data-driven operations.

03/23/2020

Russian media ‘spreading Covid-19 disinformation’

Leaked EU report says pro-Kremlin outlets seeking to aggravate public health crisis

Leaked EU report says pro-Kremlin outlets seeking to aggravate public health crisis

03/20/2020

Security 101 Workshop: Network Security

Hear John Black, SecureSet instructor, speak about Network Security at SecureSet HQ. Learn more at securesetacademy.com.

03/03/2020

Read the manual of your rental car and make sure all access to remote functions have been removed for previous users. 🚗

Previous driver could start and stop the engine, lock and unlock doors, and track location.

02/03/2020

There is less time between us and the Tyrannosaurus Rex than there is between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Stegosaurus.

The Stegosaurus and its relatives (Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, and others) lived about 155-145 million years ago.

The T-Rex existed around 67 million years ago.

So, there is about 83 million years between the Stegosaurus and the T-Rex.

The current era of the geological history of the Earth is Cenozoic, which started 66 million years ago and was marked by the appearance of the homo sapiens.

01/19/2020

Nobel economist Angus Deaton: Trump’s economy is an absolute disaster for people and the planet

By Joseph Stiglitz

It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Neither GDP nor the Dow is a good measure of economic per...