Today we’re excited to present our most ambitious special project to date, Machines With Brains. It’s an outgrowth of our obsession with artificial intelligence, robots,…
WHAT IF
This election reveals our limited ability to imagine a reality different than our own
After the shocking results of the US presidential election, much of the country is faced with feelings of dread and confusion, anger and disenchantment. I…
PRACTICAL ADVICE
Getting real on diversity in tech: Three tactics that will actually make a change
On Oct. 13, at Quartz’s The Next Billion conference in San Francisco, I had the privilege of moderating a panel on diversity in tech with…
REVOLTING
Too many women have experienced what Donald Trump bragged about
Yesterday, a video of Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women by the vagina and kissing them without asking their permission was revealed by the Washington…
THINK BEFORE YOU PINK
In honor of breast cancer awareness month: 11 things not to say to women who’ve had breast cancer
It’s October. For many of us in the US that means welcoming fall and the end of the presidential campaign. For some of us, it’s…
SILENT OPS
This is what the hospital of the future sounds like
Nothing sounds like a hospital. The incessant beep of monitors. The squeak of clogs on the tile floor. The whir of automatic doors and rolling…
END WITH A BANG
There’s a simple way to have meetings that result in something meaningful
Earlier this summer, I attended a meeting at the White House hosted by Stanford Medicine X and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).…
REALITY CHECK
We want to know the formula for preventing cancer but there isn’t one
Yesterday, I cringed while opening Aaron E. Carroll’s piece for the New York Times’ Upshot titled, “Helpless to Prevent Cancer? Actually, Quite a Bit Is…
Genetic testing is terrifying when you have cancer
Learning that you have cancer is shocking. During treatment, the last thing you want to consider is having cancer ever again. But for many of…
AGE MATTERS
New research shows that mastectomy is better for young women with early stage breast cancer
It’s a horrible choice to have to make. Women with early stage breast cancer that hasn’t spread to the lymph nodes can often choose whether…
PATIENT KNOWS BEST
At Stanford’s new cancer center, patients interview every new hire
Sometimes it’s the patient, not the doctor or hospital administrator, who knows best. Stanford Cancer Center South Bay has espoused this ethos in every aspect…
THANKS BUT NO THANKS
The one word everyone should stop using in the office
In the Bible, Eve is created to serve Adam. “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper…
