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<quote> Want to disrupt the heart attack market?</quote> Might be a good idea! Just don't stop there and be more ambitious. Kill the heart attack market as muc
by markvdb 10y ago
<quote> Want to disrupt the heart attack market?</quote>
Might be a good idea! Just don't stop there and be more ambitious. Kill the heart attack market as much as you can by making this technology widely available to those that need it at no cost. Find different ways to earn something from it...
If there is one thing that has been proven over and over again, it's that the market and health care don't go together in terms of efficiency. I'm not even touching the ethics angle here...
When I hear the n-th iteration of the basic income discussion and the "useless" class, health care strikes me as the area to make a real difference in, much more than "basic income". Because even the "useless" class will find ways to sustain itself, given adequate health.
- komali2 10y agoFood as well. When I worked at a grocery store, it boggled my mind to watch food stamps families buy frozen meals. I wasn't on food stamps but I was paycheck to paycheck, what made me aware that it was cheaper and healthier to buy dry beans and raw veggies but them, unaware?
- GFischer 10y agoI don't think they're unaware. Frozen meals don't require preparation, when you're poor the mindset is very different, there were some really good articles on HN about that, I can't find them but for instance: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/junk-food-cravings-are-triggered-by-the-mere-thought-of-being-low-class/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/junk-food-cravings-a...