This week I read Abundance - The Future is Better Than You Think, by Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis. This book serves up the ambitious vision that, for the first time in history, technology has the potential to ‘significantly raise the basic standards of living for every man, woman, and child of the planet.’ The early part of the book lays out the bold promise ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: Abundance
Will Things Really Get Worse for Doctors Online?
The more I read the more warnings I hear about doctors online. It seems that as more doctors interact online, the more problems we can expect to encounter. According to authorities, things are about to get worse for all of us. Imagine the clinical chaos we can expect come 2050. Or maybe not. The problem with this pessimistic view is what Matt Ridley has ... Continue Reading about Will Things Really Get Worse for Doctors Online?
DeLange VIII and the Future of Education
School isn’t what it used to be. Higher education is changing dramatically. As barriers to information and human connection dissolve, institutions that once existed as the sole means of connecting people to learn find themselves evolving . Activity and thought once silo’d within universities are increasingly present on a global, collaborative stage. Everything we ... Continue Reading about DeLange VIII and the Future of Education
Book Notes: The Creative Destruction of Medicine
It's arrived: The Creative Destruction of Medicine – How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care, Eric Topol’s prescient view of the near future of medicine. This book details how four areas of digital medicine – wireless sensors, genomics, imaging and health information – are about to undergo a super-convergence marking perhaps the most disruptive ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: The Creative Destruction of Medicine