by david allan van nostrand | Nov 27, 2023 | critical thinking, Sociology
In 1998, I traveled across North and South America, Europe, and Asia conducting field tests with prototypes of what we now call tablet computers. The device was originally conceived as a browser-only gadget that operated wirelessly from a base station, much like a...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 20, 2023 | Human Behavior, Psychology
What Is Intelligence? Human intelligence is the skilled use of knowledge and reason. It is also the ability to learn from experience, understand and apply abstract knowledge, and use that knowledge to deal with things skillfully and efficiently. Abstract knowledge...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 13, 2023 | Americana, Customer Satisfaction
Who Invented the Motel?* In 1908, Henry Ford sold the first Model T. Considered by most to be the first affordable car, it sold for $820 until Ford’s assembly-line efficiency brought the cost down to $260. In 1927, he had sold 5 million of them to middle-class...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 6, 2023 | Americana, Anthropology, Human Behavior, Social archaelogy
Who Were the Beats? So many people were killed in World War II that no one knows the exact number. Officials estimated that 50 million military and civilian deaths were directly caused by the war and another 20 million died as a result of famine and war-related...
