I know; you’re probably ready to come at me with a million reasons why my assertion in the title is emphatically untrue. But retirement planning is not the complicated problem that you imagine. No, no ...

The world is a pretty complicated place. Just think about all the moving parts it takes to get sliced bread delivered, regularly, to your local grocery store and then apply that to every facet of life ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain is very good at solving complicated problems. One reason for that is that humans can break problems apart into manageable subtasks that are easy to solve one at a time ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

Cambridge, MA – Managing a power grid is like trying to solve an enormous puzzle. Grid operators must ensure the proper amount of power is flowing to the right areas at the exact time when it is ...

Platforms that try to do too much often end up needlessly complicated. Here’s how to tell when you’ve lost focus. Don’t mistake complexity for sophistication. The best solution isn’t always the most ...

AUTO PARTS. THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS HELD STEADY AS THE TOP ISSUE FOR VOTERS FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT SOME OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS ATTEMPTS TO ADD HOUSING SUPPLY AND CAPACITY CAME UP SHORT IN ...

Adiabatic quantum computing An example problem represented by an energy landscape. Each point on the landscape represents a candidate solution. The deepest valley represents the actual solution with ...

Note: This is the fourth blog in a series about how our views of truth and reality contribute to some of the problems we experience as individuals and as a society. I don't claim that what I say is ...

One in six patients are deemed to be dissatisfied and demanding. But to prevent difficult medical problems from being redefined as difficult patients, doctors need help I once cared for a patient for ...