Thoughts on Medicine

  1. Being Mortal

    Like technology today, medicine is great at optimizing for simple, narrow goals, but human beings need more.

  2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    Not all neurological conditions are deficits; some heighten their bearers' brain function in ways beyond our capacity to easily recognize.

  3. The Emperor of All Maladies

    To fight cancer cells is to do battle with “more perfect versions of ourselves.”

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