How We Built a Payment System That Undervalues Thinking in Medicine
American medicine did not accidentally drift into its current imbalance between cognitive and procedural care. It was built that way, step by step, over the past 75 years. The American Medical Association played a central role, not as the sole actor, but as the architect of key structures that continue to shape how physicians are…
Supersonic Tsunami: The Next 6 Months
What’s Coming, What It Means, and What You Need to Do Peter Diamandis This article is a quintessential example of accelerationist, venture-capitalist forecasting. It accurately maps the mind-bending financial and technological milestones of our current moment (Q1 2026), but it wraps thosev facts in a techno-utopian narrative that completely glosses over the severe friction of…
Halide vs ProCamera
Halide and ProCamera try to turn the iPhone into something closer to a “real camera.” They overlap a lot, but their design philosophy is very different. Think of Halide as the photographer’s minimalist camera, while ProCamera is the Swiss-army-knife camera app. Core difference in philosophy Halide: Designed around simplicity and photographic purity. Very clean interface…
Solution to Delaware Health Care Costs?
Delaware has some of the highest healthcare costs in the country, and Senate Bill 1 is exactly the kind of reform our state needs. SB1 strengthens primary care while finally addressing one of the biggest drivers of high insurance premiums: hospital pricing that has been allowed to rise far above national benchmarks. A key provision would cap certain hospital…
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Hi, I’m a neurologist geek with interests in computers, drones, photography and life. I like to dabble in philosophy and astronomy too.
Besides my medical practice, my other main job is being a Pop pop.
I’m also involved with Delaware Public Media (recent board chair and now on the executive committtee.) I’m also president-elect of the Medical Society of Delaware.
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