Author: timbatchelder

We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. To do otherwise would be detrimental to society.

Source: There’s no such thing as a “tech person” in the age of AI – MIT Technology Review

Doctors’ bills play a role in 60 percent of personal-bankruptcy filings.

Source: Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick

Scientists are training machine-learning algorithms to recognize different city sounds

Source: Help fight noise pollution by identifying sound clips collected from sensors – The Verge

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/02/27/study-praises-tech-but-has-suggestions-for-how-massachusetts-can-become-digital-health-hub/xDR9YD4II5ATy2RhGr3DoO/story.html

Insights into the little-studied realm of last words

Source: How Do People Communicate Before Death? – The Atlantic

We need to bring our best technology – biological and digital – and our most creative people together to work on this monumental challenge. One clear take-away from the Narasimhan interview: pharma is at the very earliest stages of figuring out how to do this.

Source: Novartis CEO Who Wanted To Bring Tech Into Pharma Now Explains Why It’s So Hard