Month January 2021
Most surgeries are ineffective
2021-01-21 Paras Chopra surgery is different than medicine. All new pharmaceutical molecules are subjected to rigorous clinical trials where they’re tested against placebo or doing nothing. In many countries, there’s no such procedure for surgical treatments. If there is a…
The Dow’s Return by Day of the Month
2021-01-12 Eddy Elfenbein Nearly the entire gain of the Dow has come during the first six days of the month.
Former ACLU Head Ira Glasser explains why there’s no such thing as “hate speech”
2021-01-16 Tom Parker “If the government is going to be the one to decide what hate speech to ban, it’s not going to be the same speech as the speech you hate.”
On US Capitol Security — By Someone Who Manages Arena-Rock-Concert Security
2021-01-13 Bruce Schneier There’s not ever going to be enough police or security at any event to stop people if they all act in unison; if enough people want to get to Vanilla Ice at the same time, they’re going…