What readers and thought leaders are saying

John Patrick is one of my favorite thinkers. John is one of the Web’s original wise men, a bright spirit and intellect who shares his rare understanding of technology and the web, its many dimensions and limitless potential.

Net Attitude is a creative and useful mix about Internet technology, every day living, and a vision of the future. It was true in 2001, and it is true today.

When we look back ten years from now on the revolution that occurred in healthcare, John Patrick’s book Health Attitude will be viewed as one of the prologues of that revolution.

As one of the world’s technology pioneers, John Patrick is a sought after innovator and strategic thinker. In Health Attitude, Patrick paints a grim portrait of America’s healthcare system today, then unveils a canvas upon which we can create a better future using technology.

It is quite encouraging to read John Patrick’s crisp and accurate analysis of the most complex and pressing issues in the United States, its healthcare system. While his focus is primarily on the U.S., most of his conclusions and proposed approaches to potential solutions are just as applicable for many European countries.

John Patrick brings a fresh and insightful perspective to the healthcare debates in the U.S. His experience as technologist, entrepreneur and patient enables new thinking and innovative strategies that should drive policy, planning and delivery.

Reading Health Attitude helps all of us ask whether we as a nation are meeting our responsibilities to provide our citizens with healthcare in the 21st century.

Health Attitude can be the next paradigm to improve health with exciting prevention approaches including mHealth apps and devices. Health Attitude will revolutionize prevention and global health with cost effective solutions. It is the next wave forward for health — I am not ready to die.

Health Attitude offers a valuable perspective for a layperson who makes healthcare decisions for his or her family and parents. It provides great hope for improved and more affordable healthcare ahead.

In Health Attitude, Dr. John Patrick opens our eyes wide to see the waste, excessive costs, absence of or poor medical care for those who cannot afford it… His book provides much information, which if our attitudes change, will enable us to better fulfill the Hippocratic oath.

Many of the high costs and inefficiencies in our healthcare system can be addressed through automation and process streamlining with the aid of technology. John Patrick’s Health Attitude clearly lays out a roadmap toward this end, which will result in an affordable and effective wellness based system in the future.

John Patrick makes a very strong case for serious development of an online voting system for the US. He makes it clear that naysayers are comparing the risks of online voting to perfection rather than the existing unreliable systems.

At IBM we believe blockchain technology has potential well beyond digital currency. John Patrick’s vision in Election Attitude highlights a very interesting possibility — using a blockchain to store votes securely.

There is nothing we can do to fix the current system. As Election Attitude describes, with Internet voting, we can do a lot better.

Election Attitude is a call for a model of pioneering courage which built our great nation. We can shop and bank online, why can’t we vote online? John shows the fear mongers and Luddites are wrong when they say Internet voting can’t be done.

John Patrick convincingly argues for disrupting our most basic of rights, the citizen vote, with Internet voting… A must read.

Internet voting is inevitable. It will broaden voter participation, help educate the electorate and reduce the influence of Big Money in our political process. John Patrick’s book provides a thoughtful framework for how Internet voting can improve the election of our public officials.

The technical obstacles facing this challenge are minuscule compared with seeking breakthroughs in the fight against cancer… John Patrick’s book dispels the myth that Internet Voting is an unreachable goal.

John shows the Internet has been successful for more than a decade at collecting millions of votes without any frightful disasters. The security problems are real, but there are many new solutions.

Home Attitude is your practical guide to take advantage of the many benefits of home automation. You will be amazed at what the future will bring, but even more about what’s possible today.

An excellent overview of how a hands-on homeowner can build an automated home which is energy efficient, secure, and just plain fun.

Robot Attitude clearly and concisely discusses the three areas where intelligent robots will have an impact… It’s required reading for anyone interested in what will likely be the greatest transition humankind has yet undergone.

John Patrick’s book avoids the gloom and doom some pundits predict about the impact of robots… he offers a practical and easy to understand view about how robots help businesses, large and small.

Reflection Attitude is a fascinating journey into the mind of one of the world’s premier innovators. Reading this book will not only expand your thinking on numerous topics, but it will teach you to be a better thinker.

Reflection is serious thought. Reflection is a mirror returning images and ideas. John Patrick provides both in a provocative and illuminating consideration of themes, trends, and important developments he has shared over many years.