by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health, Philosophy
As I recently mentioned in my blog post Definitions: Healthcare’s Rabbit Hole, one of my deep projects is to understand the ethics of AI in healthcare. However, to do this well I feel I need to first understand what health means, or at least have a good definition of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Play, Stress
During CoVid, I’m doing my best to create “joy bubbles.” (Here I am not talking about Deep Joy. That’s the purpose of life stuff. I don’t think you create that type of joy—a joy which is more of a way of living every day, nearly a discipline.) I am...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Big Data, Blogging, Healthcare Ethics
At the end of each month, I enjoy reviewing my last month’s blog posts to see if there was at least one rough diamond, one insightful idea. (This falls under the principle that even a broken clock is right twice a day, or if you shoot enough arrows you are bound to...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Social Media Ethics, Twitter, Twitter Ethics
We are all familiar with the saying in vino veritas: In wine, there is truth. Ignorant people become more ignorant after a glass of wine.Means-spirited people become more mean-spirited after a glass of wine.Kind people become kinder after a glass of wine. Does...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Philosophy
Most people are familiar with the Japanese term kintsugi ( “golden joinery”), also known as kintsukuroi ( “golden repair”). At the top level, it’s considered a form of repair of a broken object which results in the...
