by david allan van nostrand | Nov 28, 2022 | Items in the News, The world around us, Using Information
Five years ago Domino’s announced it was testing driverless delivery of pizzas. Executives had come down with a case of autonomous vehicle fever and decided that was the future of home delivery. I wrote an article about it pointing out the fatal flaws in their testing...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 21, 2022 | Americana, Psychology
Autumn harvests have been celebrated with feasts since before people started telling time. Historians tell us the harvest feast the Americans observe today began in Virginia 400 years ago when English Protestant settlers decided the day of their arrival in the New...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 14, 2022 | Americana, Human Behavior, The world around us
Studies show that reading on paper goes lots faster than reading on a screen. Those who read on paper generally are more aware of how well they understand what they are reading than screen readers, a skill called metacognition, or thinking about your own thinking. At...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 7, 2022 | Americana, Anthropology, The Wayback Machine
Say thanks this November 11th to a black veteran of the U.S. military Black soldiers served in the U.S. Army and Navy during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In 1820, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, acting in his position as United States Secretary of...
