Month: April 2022

The Twitter Saga and Argument Pitfalls

I want to preface this post by emphasizing that, although I respect Elon Musk and his work enormously, I am not a blind cult-follower. I do not spend the majority of my time talking or thinking about him and his next moves; this post is objective.

The Twitter saga currently unfolding has been massively interesting to witness. I spent several hours on Twitter, reading the general reception in regards to the acquisition. This included both notable personalities (verified on Twitter) and general people opining. I’ve consolidated my sample of feedback of those against Elon into a series of three narratives, which I will then dissect.

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Dreams of Next Gen Preventative Healthcare

I stumbled upon an interesting article describing researchers at John Hopkins University who successfully implemented an AI-based approach to predicting the likelihood of cardiac arrest via the analysis of cardiac imagery. It got me thinking:

Our bodies are outputting an absolutely enormous quantity and variety of data that regretfully goes unused. I could speculate that in this data exists critical insights which could be instrumental in indicating an impending heart attack (or other illness) days, weeks, or even months in advance.

Therefore, it is hardware and software limitations which prevent the real-time measurement and analysis of data that could, theoretically, dramatically reduce deaths from a variety of illnesses. It is a limitation that should be our highest priority in terms of healthcare. Real-time collection and real-time analysis of various metrics/processes in our bodies.

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