The intersection of healthcare and immigration policy is found in the halls of hospitals and clinics across America, where increasing […]
AI, bias, bigotry, civil rights, diversity, equality, facepalm, gender, injustice, politics, social media, Tech, Uncategorized
Mind the strings: Grok 3 and biased AI puppeteers
Generative AI isn’t supposed to have opinions. Not unless it’s playing a character or adopting a persona for us to […]
immigration, injustice, justice, law, technology, Uncategorized
No border wands, just brutality: what the death of the CBP One app portends
It’s infuriating that I have to defend this profoundly unjust yet unfairly maligned, rights-violating, prison gate-keeping, Hollerith-ass, bureaucratic government-enforced insult […]
diversity, health, human rights, justice, memes, morality, poverty, prejudice, racism, science, technology, Uncategorized
Deux ex Smartphone: Healthcare Access Isn’t Going to Democratize Itself
One of my first-year classes in college was History of Theater, in which I learned how the Greeks built amphitheaters […]
health, Tech, technology, Uncategorized
Healthcare tech’s turf war hurts patients- here’s how to protect yourself
Quick recap In my last post (Down the patient portal: the world of healthcare tech serving you data about you) […]
ethics, psychology, Tech, technology, Uncategorized
Down the patient portal: the world of healthcare tech serving you data about you
The subject of patient engagement tools, especially patient portals, took up permanent residence in my head last January when my […]
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Out of our minds: externalized cognition and UX design
Imagine an app that feels like it thinks along with you, rather than for you. Instead of simple automation, it […]
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Leveling up in the DOOM pile that was 2024
2024 was…a learning experience. Every day I learned something, whether I wanted to or not. It was a crash course […]
AI, empathy, Uncategorized
Sora and the painbot
Yes, I know it sounds like a children’s story. And in some senses it is, because we’re talking about imagination […]