DC Residents Skeptical of AI, Prioritize Patient Safety
Was speaking yesterday abt AI w talented & engaged residents+fellows who are training in DC-wow-at least in this group, not a lot of love for AI... Far more concerned abt harm-to pts, to practice, to envt-striking. Role of age, politics, locale? @zakkohane @AdamRodmanMD @bijans
Beware the Obsession with Optimization in Health Tech
So many (including me) have been critical of relentless, and generally misguided, focus on optimization it’s easy too forget how dominant this mindset is. This LI post from @WHOOP is good example (emphasis added). @BStulberg @ZekeEmanuel @EricTopol @zakkohane https://t.co/HvgpVi9Tow
Lifestyle Beats Medicine; AI Guides Health Behaviors
Hear me now, believe me later: the unreasonable effectiveness of lifestyle in sustaining health (latest @timmermanreport) -> https://t.co/0cibAwyaZi I also describe role for AI here (beyond silly image creation) - providing considered behavior guidance->agency engine. @zakkohane https://t.co/42mZLMj2DD
AI Should Empower Personal Agency, Not Just Track Data
Fitness platforms track everything & hope, w AI, to use these (often ?able) data to enhance performance. But this isn't the same as building deeper capability. The real oppy: AI that gets to know you well enough to become an engine...
Lifestyle Choices Prove Surprisingly Powerful
Just out: new @timmermanreport column: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Lifestyle. https://t.co/0cibAwyaZi @zakkohane @shottan @BStulberg @hjluks
Flourishing Health: A Capacious View From Keynote
Great summary by Personify Health of my recent keynote talk offering capacious view of flourishing health at Thrive Summit (nb actually lecturer not prof @HarvardDBMI) https://t.co/jihbkhInXH @BStulberg @angeladuckw @shottan @EmilyBreslow @fittinsider https://t.co/WLiU9pBeCT
New HHS Hire Sparks Insightful Healthcare Policy Discussion
What a refreshingly...normal ...convo abt healthcare policy in general, & implications of new HHS hire, @1klomp, in particular, on lasted ep of the always excellent @tradeoffspod hosted by @dmgorenstein, & feat @ddiamond, reporter who (obv) Knows His Shit. https://t.co/EbUtUJMOoK
Science‑Driven Prevention Beats Treatment, Validates Lifestyle Interventions
Moving upstream in health-from treatment to prevention-& following the science & the data, leads to a portfolio of lifestyle interventions, surprising some who equate lifestyle w woo. (via @EvidenceOpen). cc @zakkohane @PeterAttiaMD @willahmed @EmilyBreslow @shottan @hjluks https://t.co/LQNC3tNQdU
Power Dynamics Expose Uncomfortable, Universally Validated Human Truths
@JeffreyPfeffer Yet another eg of an aspect of human behavior you've been highlighting for years. Your social science research on power reveals uncomfortable truths that most don't like to discuss - yet are constantly validated all the same...
Balanced Sleep Science Meets Psychology in Future of Everything
At a time when health gurus feel obliged to offer impossibly precise advice, this ep of @Rbaltman's "Future of Everything," featuring Jamie Zeitzer, focuses on sleep & offers (like the podcast more generally) just the right blend of science and...
US Health Care Costs Begin to Flatten, Tech Helps
Will generate discussion: new @BrookingsInst report from David Cutler & @LevKlarnet (h/t @peter_orszag) suggesting early evidence that we're starting to bend US HC $ curve https://t.co/KUH3muQRFz @ScottGottliebMD @amitabhchandra2 One potential factor: tech... @DanielSodickson https://t.co/Ux1PT7QsgU
Power's Pull: Why Leaving the Spotlight Tempts Us
The challenge of remaining away from the spotlight - and the corrresponding temptation to reenter the arena - is discussed with characteristic insight and candor by @JeffreyPfeffer in at least one of his books about power - all are essential...
Eli Lake Unpacks a Riveting The FP Story
Icing on cake: @EliLake discusses this fascinating @TheFP story with author @FPJaySolomon on special ep of the always excellent @BreakingHistPod https://t.co/GKGr1a3juI
Companies Blame AI for Layoffs Despite Limited Capability
Interesting and apt @wsj highlighting “AI washing” - attributing corporate layoffs to AI vs usual reasons. In most cases fear of AI >> capabilities of AI (at least right now) to actually do most jobs. @zakkohane https://t.co/6Ur4GCG7RX @JamesBessen https://t.co/7vXBnQOUt9
Exercise Delivers Broad, Profound Health Benefits, Study Shows
Conclusion from the outstanding, just-published (https://t.co/7jt7us8EmG) @Cell_Metabolism article about the many health benefits of exercise (h/t @DanielJDrucker)... @zakkohane @bobkocher @willahmed @Schwarzenegger @onepeloton https://t.co/KJW9cwLe7y
Lifestyle Interventions Are Unreasonably Effective, Says Thrive Summit
In my recent Thrive Summit talk, I described the "unreasonable effectiveness of lifestyle interventions" (w suitable nod to Eugene Wigner). @zakkohane @hjluks
New Book,
So much sense in @BStulberg's new bk, his pcast (https://t.co/ey4VY9wMjp), and his blog (https://t.co/sI0tw6G2Py); the latest entry, w @stevemagness, lines up remarkably well with key message I tried to impart this week in my keynote at @PersonifyHealth Thrive Summit, vide...
Grateful for Insightful, Sanity-Providing Commentary Crew Thursday Show
Always appreciate the insight, perspective and much-needed sanity from the crew @Commentary - @jpodhoretz @AbeGreenwald @SethAMandel @elianayjohnson Christine Rosen (& occasionally @EliLake). Thurs show particularly good -> https://t.co/Q7TfaWmS0N. Keep on keeping on!
Success = Persistence, Failure = Obstinacy—Pursue Conviction
I suspect the only truly honest answer is: retrospectively. With the catch that you need to pursue whatever you're doing with conviction. Like Folkman explained, "If your idea succeeds, everybody says you’re persistent. If it doesn’t, you’re obstinate."...
Top Nonfiction Picks: Magic of Code and A Giant Leap
Good non-fiction choices include: Magic of Code (essays) - @arbesman A Giant Leap - @Bob_Wachter
AI Is Reshaping How We Write Code
Outstanding and astute @nytimes mag article on transformation of coding by AI -> https://t.co/RYgmHb9hIM cc @zakkohane
Institutional AI Masks Bias Behind Seeming Objectivity
Dilemma=what @zakkohane explicitly highlights https://t.co/NdSHzoeKAU -institutional AI's will provide seemingly objective guidance in a fashion directly shaped by often tacit institutional values. Recs may seem to carry force of omniscient intel but is informed by instit bias.
Individual AI Fuels Chaos; Organizational AI Drives Productivity
V intrstng/disturbing post contrasting individual AI (described as ~enhancing chaos & bringing heat >>>> light) vs organizational AI (force for productivity & good, in this scheme). Couldn't stop thinking abt @zakkohane on AI & values when I saw this fig....