Insights

07 Aug

Are Uber drivers ganging up on you? Or could it instead be a mix of sloppy data, weak research and frankly, a lack of critical thinking? Uber has been having a rough ride lately. Almost every day a story comes out criticizing the company’s practices, drivers, passengers, investors or even its regulators. Facing such scrutiny is helpful for all of us, given Uber’s ubiquitous...

01 Jul

Vannevar Bush The year of 1945 marked the end of the bloodiest conflict of mankind. As humanity recovered from the previous dark years, and feared a new atomic age and the prospects of a bipolar world, for Vannevar Bush, a leading figure in the scientific community in the 20th century, this all meant the beginning of an exciting era. During the war,...