Many of us are having a tough time. Perhaps you, too? And, maybe some of you are like me: My basic needs are met, my relationships are satisfying, my health is okay. But, often enough, I become consumed with concern for the future of our planet. I’m one of those who takes scientific findings seriously—although …
This is an idea for a television series. The setting would be a post-catharsis world, perhaps about 2050. A generation prior, humankind came to the realization that for our species to persist, required would be a vast reduction in our numbers. After a long international debate it was decided that among other measures, one-half the …
“Those who are inspired by a model other than nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain,” an axiom first penned about 500 years ago by Leonardo Da Vinci, is often quoted today. Might this notion be the appropriate guide for all our activities–even healthcare? Here are several corollary questions: Whether overall or …
My proposal is to first pour research funding into making reversible vasectomies (such as the intravasal polymer injection or “SMA”) safe, painless and feasible to be performed on all boys at puberty. Once this is achieved, funding would be directed to a drive to make this procedure mandatory on boys worldwide. The desired consequence of …
It is often stated that most healthcare dollars are wasted on heroic, yet futile interventions during the last months of a person’s life. Oh, if only the ill and injured were somehow granted the privilege of knowing when it is time to surrender to nature’s processes! But it is not so. Making this problem doubly …