we live in an age of unprecedented technological advancement. our globalized society has provided way for massive breakthroughs in communications, cybersecurity, transportation, and the medical field, to name a few. the medical field is especially exciting; life expectancy has roughly doubled in the past two hundred years, and ailments and problems that were massive issues even decades ago are now being thought of as technical problems.
technical, interestingly, seems to be the word in mind in modern medicine as the medical profession increasingly looks towards technology and computing as the next big step in healthcare; doctors are already starting to implement AI to recognize cancer and other ailments that simply can not be spotted by humans. and yes - any technology that can help curb preventable deaths is useful technology, and using AI to do jobs that are impossible for humans is fine. but a major concern that has to be kept in mind is: who owns the technology that saves your life? how do they decide what you must do to be able to access it? and furthermore, how does it benefit us to increasingly centralize software?
that last one seems more and more relevant. in feb of this year, a health conglomerate fell victim to a cyberattack
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