by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy
Here’s my edited version of the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities with a creativity/consumerist twist: “It is the best of the USA, it is the worst of the USA, it is the age of wisdom, it is the age of foolishness, it is the epoch of belief, it is the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
I mentioned in a recent tweet that I loved saving time, or, more specifically, and in the language of emoji, I 💙 saving ⏱! But I can’t save time, can I? All I can do is free up time for doing something (or doing nothing) else. At least for us humans, time only exists...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy
At 6 a.m. Seattle time, with a french-pressed coffee in hand, I recently took a taster lecture from London’s New College of the Humanities via Zoom. The whole experience lasted less than an hour, and involved the following: An introduction to the graduate...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
I recently blogged about how much I appreciated one aspect of the design of the aluminum can, and in this blog (Aluminum Cans, EHRs, and Incidental Design) I mentioned Alcoa and Reynolds Metals. Corporations are embedded into our lives, and determine much of the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Philosophy
My favorite blog post I wrote in June post was On Love and Happiness in which I quote George Sand: “Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé.”English translation: “There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.”– George Sand In this...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | CoVid, Philosophy
Here’s one of the Oxford English Dictionary’s definitions of accept: To endure (an event, situation, or person) with patience or resignation; to tolerate, submit to; to come to terms with. And here’s one of their definitions of respect: transitive. In favourable...
