by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
I nearly broke my +500 daily blogging streak today, believing I was unable to write due to my post-operative surgical fatigue. But then I realized—that is the post!
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing, Writing Habits
Looking at my blog critically, I can say the following things: The content is average, with only rare (once per month?) moments of deep insight.The writing is average.Taken as a whole, it is unfocused. So, with all of this mediocrity going on, why do I love my blog?...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Blogging
The most important blog I wrote in February 2022 is The Personal Data Big Healthcare Wants From Job Applicants. We seriously underestimate how much corporations—including healthcare corporations—see us as data sources. We also underestimate their unshakable belief...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
My best blog post of January 2022 is Writers—Beware the Second Spectator, published on January 22 For the historians of philosophy, this blog post is important because it points out how early it was in Nietzsche’s career he recognized Socrates as his nemesis....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Digital Platforms
One of my written goals (are there any other kind?) this year is to improve my digital platform. The first step is to improve its cornerstone: my website. With that in mind, I will take some of my own medicine ( via Thoreau, as a mentioned in my blog Thoreau: On The...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Philosophy
In philosophy, there are big books and small books. This spring, I am reading The Oxford Handbook of Causation. It’s just arrived, and it’s a big book! At 37 chapters and roughly 800 pages (approx. 22 pages per chapter), my short-term goals are simple: read two...
