Medical science is about the only thing in modern life that consistently delivers hope. While all the other terrible things are going on, something like this comes along and I’m just extremely happy to be alive right now.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. - Audrey Hepburn
Over 92% of Americans have health insurance. The vast majority DO have access to healthcare.
The increase in deductibles and decrease in % coverage throughout the course of my career has been shocking.
That's just a failure of imagination, no? Endless sci-fi stories tell us a better world is possible, including wild genetic treatments curing deafness. Why should that apply to tech, but not society?
Solid perspective and understanding of bigger picture is important, then nothing can surprise you much.
smashes telescope, grabs another beer, and buys some tickets to visit Spain before going to bed with a little bit less defeat and despair than usual
Imagine if fucking Ghengis Khan never had to die.
Or Henry Kissinger.
Or Carnegie
Our system is struggling under the immense weight of old leaders and the best they can do is pump themselves full of weird drug cocktails to have some semblance of being alive. Imagine removing the last roadblock to eternal life for the richest human alive.
We might be able to “cheat death” within our lifetimes.
Sometimes the ends are the means.