ruminations
- Responsibilities and Power Structures within Governments (US, India)
- Companies & Data Collection -> Exploitation of the Masses
- The prevalence of a quick-fix, anti-mastery mentality amongst the masses. People in this day and age value momentary highs and are too impatient to stay on the skill plateau. This is the result of heedless consumerism and a penchant for instant gratification.
- Practice for the sake of practicing
- Socioeconomic & Political Effects of COVID-19
- Innovation & Development of Technology spurred by onset of COVID-19
- Remote-Focused Work
- Dealing with existing small business dependent on physical attendance
- Biotech company Moderna was the first to bring a possible coronavirus vaccine to clinical trials.
- Manipulating patient mRNA so in-body cells could fight against virus.
March 29, 2020
- How the Spanish Flu, SARS, MERS, & Ebola were handled - Dr. Howard Markel, professor of historical medicine @ UMich
- Health Stories: The Intersection of Blockchain and Healthcare with Nikhil Krishnan (@nikillinit) and Nick Soman (@nicksoman) (Venture Stories by Village Global) (2018)
- Use blockchain to align incentives in healthcare
# Quotes
"Contented poverty is an honorable estate."
"If it be contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."
“If you study calligraphy, you will find that those who are not so clever usually become the best calligraphers. Those who are very clever with their hands often encounter great difficulty after they have reached a certain stage. This is also true in art, and in life.” (Shunryu Suzuki).
“AI began with an ancient wish to forge the gods.” (Pamela McCorduck, Machines Who Think, 1979)