Posts
Opinion, analysis, and essays — grouped by category.
AI & Society
- Let a Million Paisleys Bloom: How AI Is Rebirthing the Internet 07 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #ai
- #digital culture
AI isn’t killing the internet — it’s resetting it. Here’s why this moment feels like the second birth of the web.
Opinion
- High Blood Pressure in 2025: More Than Just Numbers 22 Aug 2025
- #hypertension
- #opinion
- #prevention
- #cardiology
- #guidelines
- #dementia
The new AHA/ACC guideline reframes hypertension — not only as a heart risk, but as a lifelong brain and pregnancy health issue that demands earlier, more personalized treatment.
Uncategorized
- Feeding Profit: The Global Obesity Tipping Point 10 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #nutrition
- #society
For the first time, more children are obese than underweight. UNICEF warns: food systems are rigged against kids.
- Forget BMI: Why Your Waistline Tells the Real Story 09 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #obesity
- #metabolic health
- #microbiome
A single gut-microbe transplant shows why waist size matters more than BMI.
- Your Router Can Read Your Pulse: The 23andMe Problem, All Over Again 06 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #ai
- #healthtech
- #privacy
Pulse-Fi proves WiFi can measure heart rate without wearables. But who owns your heartbeat data?
- The Sunscreen Scandal That Shouldn’t Have Happened 06 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #health
- #society
When SPF testing fails, it’s not just science that’s broken — it’s trust.
- RFK Jr.’s Senate Meltdown: Why Science, Not Showmanship, Should Lead 05 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #politics
- #health
- #science
The health secretary clashed with senators, dismissed COVID data, and fueled distrust in vaccines. Here’s why facts matter more than personality.
- Can AI Help Solve the Global Mental Health Crisis? 03 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #ai
- #mental health
With over a billion people living with mental health conditions, could AI be part of the solution?
- AI Isn’t the Problem. Bad Parenting Is. 03 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #ai
- #society
- #parenting
If your kid spirals because of a chatbot, maybe look in the mirror before you sue Silicon Valley.
- One Billion Minds, One Global Emergency 03 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #mental health
- #society
WHO’s new data shows over a billion people now live with mental health conditions—yet most still lack care.
- Bespoke Brain Implants for Pain — Promise or Pitfall? 02 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #chronic pain
- #general health
New closed-loop brain implants halve chronic pain in a tiny study — but are we too quick to celebrate hardware inside our heads?
- Stem Cell 'Cure' for Type 1 Diabetes—Hope or Hype? 02 Sept 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #general health
- #diabetes
Lab-grown pancreatic cells may free Type 1 diabetics from insulin—but are we ready to call it a cure?
- ADHD in Preschoolers — Why Behavioral Support Comes Before Medication 31 Aug 2025
- #ADHD
- #preschool
- #behavior therapy
- #medication
- #parenting
What parents should know about ADHD diagnosis and treatment in children aged 3–5, and why guidelines recommend behavioral approaches before medication.
- The End of Aspirin’s Reign? 31 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #heart disease
- #cardiology
A meta-analysis of 29,000 patients suggests clopidogrel may finally dethrone aspirin as the default heart pill.
- Should Beta Blockers Still Be Routine After a Heart Attack? 30 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #cardiology
- #patientguide
Two major studies just questioned 40 years of standard practice — is it time to rethink the reflex prescription of beta blockers after MI?
- RFK’s Vaccine War Reaches the Pharmacies 29 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #public health
- #vaccines
- #policy
CVS suspends COVID shots in 16 states as RFK Jr.’s policies unsettle the nation’s vaccine system.
- When Governments Cancel Science 28 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #politics
- #public health
- #science
CDC leadership purged, Fed governors fired, data disappearing: we’re watching the scaffolding of evidence-based policy being dismantled.
- COVID Vaccines at High Noon: Science, Politics, and Patient Safety in a Three-Way Standoff 27 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #covid-19
- #politics
- #society
Trump, RFK Jr., and the science of COVID vaccines are circling each other in a Sergio Leone moment. Who fires first?
- RFK Jr. vs the Danish Vaccine Study: Politics, Not Public Health 26 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #vaccines
- #society
When the US Health Secretary demands a study be retracted, it says more about politics than science.
- Your Morning Coffee Could Be Training Bacteria 25 Aug 2025
- #opinion
- #analysis
- #antibiotics
- #microbiome
New research shows caffeine nudges E. coli toward resisting antibiotics.
- Global Snapshot: COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance in 2025 22 Aug 2025
- #COVID-19
- #Vaccines
- #Global Health
- #ATAGI
- #JCVI
- #NACI
- #CDC
How Australia, the UK, Canada, and the U.S. differ in their COVID-19 vaccine recommendations — especially for children.
- COVID-19 Vaccination Guidelines in Australia (2025) 21 Aug 2025
- #COVID-19
- #Australia
- #Vaccination
- #ATAGI
- #Pediatrics
- #Public Health
ATAGI's 2025 recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines for children and adults in Australia, and how they diverge from U.S. pediatric guidance.
- The mRNA Vaccine War Isn't Over — Pediatrics Just Drew a New Line 21 Aug 2025
- #COVID-19
- #mRNA
- #Vaccines
- #Pediatrics
- #Public Health
- #Trust
The American Academy of Pediatrics broke with U.S. federal guidance, recommending COVID-19 vaccination for the youngest children. Here's why — and why the CDC disagrees.
- Vaccines, Trust, and the Line Between Medicine and Power 20 Aug 2025
- #vaccines
- #measles
- #covid
- #public health
- #trust
A vaccination nurse reflects on measles, COVID-19, and the line between medicine and government overreach.
- GPT-5, Cold Reality, and the Coming AI Bubble 19 Aug 2025
- #AI
- #OpenAI
- #GPT-5
- #AI Bubble
- #Infrastructure
Why GPT-5 feels colder, what it reveals about AI infrastructure, and whether we're headed for a bubble.
- China Races Towards Artificial Wombs 18 Aug 2025
- #bioethics
- #technology
- #china
- #artificial wombs
A look at China's advances in artificial womb technology, its ethical dilemmas, and the global race for control of reproduction.
- Are We Making AI Dumber? 12 Aug 2025
- #ai
- #training
- #bias
- #editorial
- #future
As AI scales, training choices and human feedback may be narrowing its intelligence — raising questions about how we shape machine minds.
- Artificial Wombs Are Coming. China Might Be First 08 Aug 2025
- #artificial-wombs
- #china
- #demographics
- #biopolitics
- #ectogenesis
- #reproductive-rights
- #future
Ectogenesis is moving from science fiction to state policy — and China may be the first to scale it for demographic survival.
- The Kind of AI I Want to See 07 Aug 2025
- #ai
- #vision
- #future
- #human-centric
- #technology
Why a human-centric vision for AI matters — and how aligning technology with values could shape the future we actually want to live in.
- The War on Attention 07 Aug 2025
- #attention
- #culture
- #ai
- #economy
- #consciousness
How the battle for human focus is reshaping culture, commerce, and consciousness — and why attention may be the most valuable resource of all.
- AI Isn't Smarter Than You 06 Aug 2025
- #ai
- #human-creativity
- #technology
- #future
- #ethics
AI can outperform in speed and scale, but human creativity, intuition, and meaning-making remain unmatched — and that matters.
- The AGI Control Paradox 05 Aug 2025
- #agi
- #ai
- #alignment
- #ethics
- #control
Why efforts to control AGI may be doomed from the start — exploring the limits of alignment, power, and ethics in machine intelligence.
- When AI Gets Real 05 Aug 2025
- #ai
- #reality
- #technology
- #future
- #society
Exploring the moment AI stops being science fiction and begins reshaping our everyday lives, work, and relationships in tangible ways.
- Why I Want to Punch My AI 01 Aug 2025
- #ai
- #frustration
- #limits
- #technology
- #humor
A candid reflection on frustration with today's AI — and why its flaws show it's far from taking over the world.
- Not a Misogynist, Not a Victim — Just a Man with Questions 31 Jul 2025
- #masculinity
- #tradition
- #gender
- #identity
- #culture
A reflection on the gender double standard around tradition, identity, and the search for meaning in modern masculinity.
- What Writing Is For (Now That the Algorithms Have Taken Over) 23 Jul 2025
- #writing
- #ai
- #culture
- #resistance
- #social-media
A manifesto on writing with purpose in an algorithmic age of surveillance, culture wars, and digital clout-chasing.