April 22, 2013
How a tax begat bebop.
The end of The Swing Era and the beginning of bebop was a consequence of a tax intended for wealthy fans of the big band sound, says Eric Felton.
April 9, 2013
An omission, a recommendation, and a prediction.
A report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology gives recommendations that have the audacious goal of doubling, over the next decade, the rate of invention of new medicines for patients, while increasing drug safety.
April 5, 2013
14 million invisible Americans.
The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers than it spends on food stamps and welfare combined.
March 21, 2013
Things to worry about.
The internet’s insatiable demand for words creates global deflation in the value of words, says David Gelernter. This is something we should be worried about.
February 19, 2013
The drama in drug development.
There is no magic fairy dust that will make a boring, useless, redundant, or merely informative PowerPoint presentation dramatic after it leaves your computer.
February 5, 2013
Insight. . .Inspiration. . .Innovation
Welcome to 2013. I have much to be grateful for, not the least of which are the relationships we have with one another here at Cognigen and also with our clients.
January 7, 2013
I don’t understand why you don’t agree with me.
An essay by Gary Gutting contains one of the clearest explanations of the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning I have seen.
December 10, 2012
Don’t shoot.
What happens when police, gangs, and communities come together to address one of America’s most intractable social problems? This strategy truly knocked my socks off.
November 30, 2012
The worst job in Pharma.
The job of Team Leader of an R&D team might not be as bad as being a Fish Squeezer or Deadly Snake Handler, but I nominate it as the worst job in Pharma.
October 1, 2012
There’s room for more than one genius.
Carole King’s songwriting genius juxtaposed with the genius of talented singers was demonstrated in a recent interview.
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