Alert! New forms of diabetes on the rise
Did that headline intrigue you? Or just stress you out? The answer could have an impact on your health.
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Trade-offs and transparency
This post raises more questions than answers about trade-offs in healthcare and its business models. There are no simple answers…and certainly they cannot be expressed in numbers.
Murky Mirror: Truth and Consequences
A meditation on the state of the world today, in the mirror of the 14th Century
Second Opinion
How Esther Dyson Imagined Her Cancer Journey as a Video Game - Distancing herself helped her find meaning—and humor—in a "crazy"process. She hopes it will help others too.
The case for Universal Basic…Service!
Used right, AI can provide enough income for all, but let’s make sure we use the surplus to foster human purpose.
Investor returns: Learning vs. earning
As an investor, I have found that learning and “earning” are inversely correlated: The less money I made, the more I learned - often from fixing (or even just observing) mistakes.
I approve of Rob Sand!
I first heard about approval voting more than a year ago, from my friend Rob Sand.
Know your .agent!
A critical and timely question: How should we regulate AI?
Stop thinking like an LLM!
We - the AI collective and its more aware users - spend a lot of time wondering about LLMs.
Don’t just weigh the risk. Prevent the damage!
Author’s note: The subject of this Substack is too timely to wait a week for the regular bi-weekly publishing schedule, so I decided to post this now.