The Bionic Human

Topics:

• How will AI effect medicine? Who is responsible when AI is wrong?
• Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, and Frankenstein –
• We can replace our worn-out body parts with space age materials –
• Who will have access, and who will pay?
• When do we cease to be human?
• Gene therapy –
• What is it, and how does it work?
• It can now cure some previously incurable diseases (blood cancers, sickle cell anemia) – but it can cost $700,000 per patient; so who gets it? Who pays?
• Should parents be able to design their own babies?
• Science, Psuedo-science, Anti-science, Big Data, Fake News, and Miracle Cures –
• How much science does everyone need to know?
• Will your personal data be used for good or bad?
• Will data from your smart bed prevent you from getting health insurance?
• Vaccines, public health, and pandemics –
• How do vaccines work? Are they safe? How can you tell whether they are safe?
• How much suffering has been reduced by vaccines throughout history?
• Aging –
• Can we prevent aging with replacement parts?
• When do you stop replacing parts?
• If drugs can regulate our mood and personality, does life still have meaning?