What Are the Harris-Walz Health Policy Team Reading?

Mike Magee Clearly the Harris-Walz ticket has been doing their homework. Last week, this book was spotted on one prominent thought-leader’s pile: “Human Evolutionary Demography.” It’s a 780-page academic Tour de force led by veteran scientist Oskar Burger, leader of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and the Laboratory of Evolutionary Biodemography. That’s the […]

Dobbs’ Created “Moral Distress” – Country Responds “We’re Not Going Back!”

Mike Magee When Andrew Jameton, a Nursing Professor at the Department of Mental Health and Community Nursing at UCSFin 1984 published “Nursing Practice: The Ethical Issues”, the term “Moral Distress” was a novel term in clinical health care. It focused primarily on “care that they were expected to provide but ethically opposed.” Over the past […]

What’s In A Voice? Sam Altman Thinks He Knows.

Mike Magee When OpenAI decided to respond to clamoring customers demanding voice mediated interaction on Chat GPT, CEO Sam Altman went all in. That’s because he knew this was about more than competitive advantage or convenience. It was about relationships – deep, sturdy, loyal and committed relationships. He likely was aware, as well, that the […]

“Weird” – Culture and Technology and Politics Collide.

Mike Magee “It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it,” was an admonition I heard literally hundreds of times growing up. The source was my mother who majored in English and Drama at Rutgers. She was especially tuned in, not only to words and meaning, but also to volume, cadence, speed, and tone. […]