An ongoing series of posts calling out things that upset me.
Posts under ‘Response Post’
Mind the Time Warp
The creative and thought-provoking arm-chair Nostradamus Richard Watson just took a stab at predicting the future of medicine, technology, society, and geopolitics over the next forty years. Interestingly, a lot of the topics discussed on this site showed up as current trends of note (e.g., medical tourism, consumer e-health, blurring of scientific discipline, telemedicine and online medical records). [...]
Interesting trends in spending on healthcare vs. other basic necessities
A review of relative spending on healthcare vs. other basic necessities over the past 75 years.
BusinessWeek’s Take on Wasteful Healthcare Spending
BusinessWeek columnist Catherine Arnst’s synopsis on wasteful spending in health care, ‘quick hits’ for trying to eliminiate it, and a call to action for Congress to think about trying to cut it. We open the question to you as to how this mess creates opportunity…
Quantified Self Meetup Update
Summary of the December QS SF Bay Area Meetup.
Exercise: Good for Mind & Body. Soul: TBD.
An overview of the mental virtues of athletic activity.
Thanksgiving with John Madden: Turducken and Concussions
A Thanksgiving treat: we honor John Madden on his favorite holiday by extending the discussion on concussions in football and ways that we can prevent them with better technology, design, and diagnosis.
More bad news for VC…or is it?
A review of the issues plaguing the Venture Capital industry — and why they might not be all that bad.
Putting Twitter to Good Use
Tips for leveraging Twitter for real-time market research, among other helpful uses.
