Evan Johnson

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Evan Johnson

Evan Johnson·Follow11 min read·--One should think about airlines as being in the time management game. They have X number of planes going to and from Y number of locations carrying Z number of passengers. But there is only W amount of time available in a day. That time though is not equal to 24 hours. Instead, you have to think that there are pockets of time spread throughout the network. If a plane is on time, then it consumes a certain amount of time, if it is delayed then it eats up more time.

4 weeks ago | medium.com | Evan Johnson

Evan Johnson·Follow17 min read·--Rome is a city misunderstood by contemporary life. Most people when they think of Rome think of the Roman Empire — and the Pope. They think of gladiators, but also of men wearing skirts. But most people aren’t all that religious. At least, they’re not practicing Catholics. Thus, for most people, what is of interest in the eternal city is either the very old — the empire — or the very new — fashion or design. But here’s the thing.

1 month ago | medium.com | Evan Johnson

Evan Johnson·Follow20 min read·--In 2011 the Italian historian Guido Alfani published a paper called “The Famine of the 1590s in Northern Italy” in which he focused on the concept of ‘system shock.’ For Alfani, a system shock is an event so severe that the structures designed to handle such events are overwhelmed. Think of a levee designed to stand up to a 100-year flood but which collapses when a 1000-year flood occurs.

2 months ago | medium.com | Evan Johnson

Evan Johnson·Follow13 min read·--Oh the shitty things we do for our jobs…Once upon a time there was a company called Bombardier that made commercial aircraft. This company mostly made regional jets but decided to take a swing at making a regular narrow-body. They called this jet the C Series. Because the global aviation industry is a racket cornered by Boeing and Airbus, the C Series struggled to get orders. At one point they basically sold 70 to Air Canada for 2 nickels.

Jan 22, 2025 | heraldextra.com | Evan Johnson

Farm familyPaid Sponsored Advertising Content – From Evan Johnson, JLCFor Salt Lake County votes traded with Utah’s Water Cartel run by Salt Lake City to steal farm water and reduce farm production. Few know Salt Lake City runs Sanpete’s water policies and the Division of Water Rights for votes. All of Utah’s irrigated farms use 3.2% of Utah’s Water. All Cities use 1/2%. It’s Utah’s 7.6 billion trees using 80% of Utah’s water drying up Utah.