drivativ

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by drivativ 5y ago
This seems like a generally good thing but also unlikely to become the norm without significant effort. Capitalism, as we practice it currently in America, frequently hinges on exploiting asymmetries of information, so anything that reduces
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by drivativ 8y ago
Why Information Grows - Cesar Hidalgo ( https://books.google.com/books?id=J88_CQAAQBAJ ) Best book I've read in recent memory. Changed my understanding of the world and (maybe) our place in it. The Information - James
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by drivativ 11y ago
Better arguments against Soylent can certainly be made, though by smarter people than myself. I do have three main issues with it: 1. The idea that we can take something as fantastically complex and as poorly understood as nutrition and suc
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by drivativ 11y ago
You are right about that - and I think they are doing something really good (and props to them for being really up-front about how they operate) but unless they can really do something to help patients day-to-day, is seems the participation
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by drivativ 11y ago
I have used them and they are definitely on the right path but they haven't yet got past the point of just showing a lot of graphs and comparative statistics, etc. As always, it comes down to translating data to useable knowledge, whic
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by drivativ 11y ago
One way this industry may get nudged significantly (disruption is too strong a word and not exactly a great thing when dealing with peoples health) is to approach it from the outside the system and come at it from the consumer health angle.