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Being busy
Being busy has become a badge of self-worth and importance. People are proud of being busy and put up with the related afflictions of b...
Healthy eating
As the grandfather, it is important that I stay on top of research that could be important to my grandkids growing up to be healthy, ha...
Shifting the center
We often seem to take it for granted that the US is the global center of innovation, culture, finance and business.
We may assume th...
Reducing the prevalence of Dementia
Like many of you, my family is familiar with the ravages of Dementia. My father died from Lewy Body disease. My younger brother has the...
Practicing kindness
There is a lot of anger out there. Anger about politics, economics, social issues and stuff that you didn’t think people would get angr...
Ranking sports
Like most people on the planet, I am watching the World Cup soccer games.
I find myself engaged in watching games such as ...
Celebrating 250 years
The US is celebrating its 250th birthday. While the country has many challenges and can behave in ways that are appalling, it has becom...
Toasting a wedding
As you know, Father’s Day was last weekend.
On that day, I thought about of one of the truly special moments of being a fa...
Taking vacation
Several years ago, while a CIO at Partners HealthCare, I wrote the email below to the information systems (IS) staff. While I am no lon...
Evolving the brain
Our brains are the result of evolution that has occurred over hundreds of millions of years.
The earliest vertebrates (500 plus...