Do you want to be a machine? What happens when your employer wants to treat you like one? What does this do to health care? The digital economy allows you to measure much. What gets measured gets managed. The ideas of “scientific management” achieved their first apotheosis over a century ago with Frederick Taylor. Henry Ford […]
Obesity – why we can’t lose (11/4/11)
A Threat to the Nation Obesity will remain a threat to the American economy and national security for decades to come. With 17% of our GDP spent on health care, we cannot afford treating a nation that will be one third diabetic by 2030. Data argues that every pound Americans add increases national energy costs […]