Hacking Common Sense to put Medical Data in the Cloud

In the March 24, 2014 edition of Time Magazine, Yves Béhar describes “LifeTiles,” fasionable sensors that would non-invasively monitor a person’s health.  LifeTiles would share data with cloud algorithms to provide individualized feedback that would presumably help the user make better health choices. Since the technology to do this exists, it is conceivable that such … Read more

Biodiversity and the Least of Our Brothers

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.  Matthew 25:40-45 American Standard Version.   Social norms, various laws, and widely shared ethics prevent most of us from killing other human beings. Animal lovers and certain vegans object to the … Read more

Multidimensional Wellness

  Casa De Mi Alma Wellness Center, Las Cruces, NM, USA I recently had the pleasure of meeting Alma Salazar, a budding entrepreneur who is stretching her muscles on a truly multi-dimensional wellness center in Las Cruces, NM. Salazar has chosen a prominent location near the downtown area where she is integrating mental, physical, environmental, … Read more

Healthcare Can’t be Improved With Access to More Insurance

History tells us that when Columbus and his sailors arrived in the America’s, they reported finding American people in astonishingly good health.  Soon, rumors arose of a fountain of youth, which many Spaniards sought, but never found.  The Spaniards were approaching health with the same linear thinking that is currently driving our great nation towards … Read more

On Becoming a Change Agent

I must have always thought in multiple dimensions.   I remember the anxiety I felt in high school when I recognized that all my friends had definite goals in life, but I wanted to pursue a different goal each day.  Within days, I would bounce from wanting to be a forest ranger to wanting to … Read more