Esther Dyson

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“The Quantified Patient”: my talk at “Quantified Self” show&tell, December 2009

e-Patient Dave | December 27, 2009

The Quantified Self (aka “QS”) is an informal San Francisco based group of people who are tracking one thing or another about their lives. (Could it exist anywhere else??) They have occasional “Show&Tell” meet-ups, with elbow-rubbing and a series of quick talks, 10-15 minutes each. A few weeks ago I was in town for a [...]

Participatory Medicine at PdF09: Can we get a do-over?

Susannah Fox | July 8, 2009

The poli-tech tribe gathered in New York last week for the Personal Democracy Forum and, as Craig Newmark put it, welcomed “our new nerd overlords.” Esther Dyson, Jamie Heywood, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and I were asked to take on a breakout panel entitled, “From Participatory Politics to Participatory Medicine: The Coming Revolution in Health [...]