I'm a journalist. My by-line usually reads David H. Freedman.
You can email me at dhfreedman(at-sign)gmail.com
Twitter: @dhfreedman (medicine, obesity, technology, more)
Facebook: david.h.freedman
I'm currently writing, or have recently written, for Inc. Magazine, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The New York Times, Discover, and Technology Review. My blog Making Sense of Medicine & Obesity takes a close, critical look at the latest medical and weight-loss findings being hyped by the media, to help people put health news in perspective. I write the Tech Support channel for the "You're the Boss" blog at the New York Times.
My latest book came out in June, 2010. It's called WRONG: Why experts keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them. It's about all the forces that push experts, be they top scientists, high-powered consultants, pop gurus, financial whizzes or journalistic pundits (like me), into misleading us with flawed advice, and discusses ways to tell good expert advice from the dubious stuff. I wrote about the subject for The Atlantic Monthly for the lead feature of the magazine's annual "Brave Thinkers" issue in November, 2010, and substantial articles about the book ran in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and many other publications internationally. I spoke about the book on numerous radio and television programs in the U.S. and elsewhere. It's published by Little, Brown, and you can learn more about it here.
My previous book was A Perfect Mess, published in January, 2007; the paperback came out in January, 2008. It's about how disorganization and messiness can be good things. You can learn a bit more about it here.
I'm the author of three other books (on the U.S. Marines, computer crime, and artificial intelligence), a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine, and have written at one time or another for many publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Science, The Harvard Business Review, Newsweek and Wired. (You can learn more about my books, and browse some of my articles, elsewhere on the site.) I've spoken to numerous executive, student, scientific and government audiences about science, technology and management issues.
(Please note: I am not the late Berkeley statistician, the animator/producer, the late Bible scholar, the North Carolina lawyer, the law/boxmaking writer, the neuroscientist, the racehorse owner, the blacksmith, the late gag-writer, the accountant, the radio-station manager, nor any of the other impressive people who share the name David Freedman. There are even several people of note who go by "David H. Freedman," including an international labor writer/researcher who wrote a book on employment, a Michigan lawyer, and a U.S. Army officer. I'm not any of them, either.)
You can email me at dhfreedman(at-sign)gmail.com
Twitter: @dhfreedman (medicine, obesity, technology, more)
Facebook: david.h.freedman
I'm currently writing, or have recently written, for Inc. Magazine, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The New York Times, Discover, and Technology Review. My blog Making Sense of Medicine & Obesity takes a close, critical look at the latest medical and weight-loss findings being hyped by the media, to help people put health news in perspective. I write the Tech Support channel for the "You're the Boss" blog at the New York Times.
My latest book came out in June, 2010. It's called WRONG: Why experts keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them. It's about all the forces that push experts, be they top scientists, high-powered consultants, pop gurus, financial whizzes or journalistic pundits (like me), into misleading us with flawed advice, and discusses ways to tell good expert advice from the dubious stuff. I wrote about the subject for The Atlantic Monthly for the lead feature of the magazine's annual "Brave Thinkers" issue in November, 2010, and substantial articles about the book ran in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and many other publications internationally. I spoke about the book on numerous radio and television programs in the U.S. and elsewhere. It's published by Little, Brown, and you can learn more about it here.My previous book was A Perfect Mess, published in January, 2007; the paperback came out in January, 2008. It's about how disorganization and messiness can be good things. You can learn a bit more about it here.
I'm the author of three other books (on the U.S. Marines, computer crime, and artificial intelligence), a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine, and have written at one time or another for many publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Science, The Harvard Business Review, Newsweek and Wired. (You can learn more about my books, and browse some of my articles, elsewhere on the site.) I've spoken to numerous executive, student, scientific and government audiences about science, technology and management issues.
(Please note: I am not the late Berkeley statistician, the animator/producer, the late Bible scholar, the North Carolina lawyer, the law/boxmaking writer, the neuroscientist, the racehorse owner, the blacksmith, the late gag-writer, the accountant, the radio-station manager, nor any of the other impressive people who share the name David Freedman. There are even several people of note who go by "David H. Freedman," including an international labor writer/researcher who wrote a book on employment, a Michigan lawyer, and a U.S. Army officer. I'm not any of them, either.)
