AI in Healthcare

Custom image created by Perplexity AI AI in Healthcare: Powerful Tool, Human Responsibility Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape healthcare—not by replacing doctors and nurses, but by helping them find patterns, reduce routine work, and make better-informed decisions. Used responsibly, AI can make care more timely and personalized; used carelessly, it can amplify bias, expose […]
Where Were You When

Where Were You When Most of us remember vividly where we were on September 11, 2001. In my case, I was in Danbury, Connecticut in the board room at Bristol Technology meeting with their CEO, Keith Blackwell. Remember where you were when you first heard that President Kennedy was assassinated? Or maybe when Jerry Garcia […]
When Have We Seen Enough Drug Advertising?

Custom image created by Perplexity AI When Have We Seen Enough Drug Ads on TV? One of the topics I have written numerous magazine articles about and been on-the-air in interviews about has been direct-to-consumer (DTC) TV advertising of prescription drugs. I felt strongly about the issue more than ten years ago and feel even […]
Digital Democracy Project

Serving on boards, both corporate and non-profit, is a very rewarding experience. Not financially — but in the sense that you have been able to help with a new idea, or to share an experience that can be helpful. I have been privileged to have served on a number of boards. The two largest organizations […]
Quantum Computing

Dr. Mark Hirko, Dr. Paul Wright, Dr. John Patrick at Watson Research Quantum Computing What looks like a fancy chandelier in the picture is actually the heart of an IBM quantum computer. AI is still at the top of my list of technologies which is changing the world, but another transformative technology further out but […]