Story-first governing
Pay for performance, story-firsters, and trust in statistics
Chapter 1
How would we know if Google engineers really improved traffic flow at intersections
It's not easy to measure the real-world impact of optimizations.
P esteem, bosom peril, flag to clamor, and anti-tech tech
Kaiser reads about p esteems, bosom perils, and flag to clamor.
A conspicuous absence in storm reporting
The NYT has a nice article about the challenges of predicting hurricane
Tom Friedman's Law of Statistics refutes Chapter 1
Reading this completely incoherent, frustratingly unfathomable column by Tom Friedman, the star