biomedical research
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On work.
Work can feel soul-sucking. Much work also makes the world worse.
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On smuggling.
Prison admins must think it’s risky to accept books. But if prisons weren’t horrible, we wouldn’t have to send them.
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On loneliness.
It’s well known that loneliness wrecks brains … so why are we imposing it on the people we expect better behavior from?
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On Sci-Hub, the Napster of science.
Can people really be “informed consumers” of modern healthcare when they can’t read the research their taxes pay for?
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On medical spending.
We spend huge amounts on medical care in the U.S., but cheaper interventions would improve people’s lives more.
Frank Brown Cloud 