by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy, Writing
When studying Creativity—capital “C,” as opposed to her defanged cousin, the small “i” innovation—one will likely run across Nietzsche, which means considering his first major work, The Birth of Tragedy (TBOT). Now, in reference to writing, deep within TBOT (Section...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Healthcare Ethics, Philosophy
In a recent New York Review of Books article by Jake Bernstein (Loopholes for Kleptocrats, referencing the books American Kleptocracy: How the US Created the Worlds Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History, by Casey Michel and The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Since the 1980s, when I earned my advanced degree in Physics, I’ve struggled with understanding the concept of causation, and thirty years as a physician hasn’t helped. I’ve decided to crack this philosophical nut in 2022, so I just pulled the Amazon trigger and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy
One downside of reading Nietzsche is that it makes me take stock of my creative architecture, especially in regards to the balance and conflict of its two hemispheres: The Apolline and the Dionysiac. For Nietzsche, Apollo represents moderation, sculpture, illusion,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing
My dream is to write a definitive book on the need for a deontological ethics of artificial intelligence use in healthcare. But that requires an understanding of healthcare, which requires a definition of health. This means I need to understand what a good definition...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing
This month, I am re-reading Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy (TBOT). As I have discussed before in my blog post Considering How I Read to Help Inform How I Write, I physically read different books differently. But it now occurs to me that when I deep-read a book, as I...
