My previous posts about 529s were Finance Fridays posts which can be found here: What is a 529? Choosing a 529 Wait… but today is Whatever Wednesdays… Why are we talking about 529s? Well, you see a colleague and I mine were talking about them yesterday, and I felt it was good discussion. It also helped me to understand how people may view 529s. While its benefits seems “obvious” to me, it is less obvious […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Today’s topic is kind of only circumferentially related to medicine, and more relates to my past expectations. Also, apologies if the site was loading slowly recently. I think the new Twitter widget was slowing things down. I have since removed it because I feel speed is more important. For those interested in my twitter, you can just click the link at the top. I tend to reply to med students and residents, mostly with GIFs. Thanks to […]
Past, Present and Future Me
So… I made a small mistake. Two posts ago, in Could Index Funds Be Bad?, I said at the end that my next post would be about Actively Managed Funds (Gambling). However, for some reason I decided to make the next post, The Biggest Mistake of Your Life. I’m not sure why this happened. Nonetheless, here is that post:
Actively Managed Funds (Gambling)
It’s Whatever Wednesdays. After the long article about Artificial Intelligence on Monday, we’re going to dial it back for a more relaxing post. So pour some coffee and hear a little about me and my boss (my three year old daughter). My Three Year Old Daughter If you’ve read my About page, you’ll notice that I’m married, with a beautiful wife and two awesome kids. For a little more background, I have a daughter and a […]
Wisdom from my Three Year Old
So I follow what is happening in startups because I find it fascinating. One of the things I keep coming across is “machine learning” and “artificial intelligence” and their potential to “disrupt” medicine. A recent article talked about this phenomenon in general: “Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?” – New York Times Here are 90+ Artificial Intelligence Startups in Healthcare So… why now? Well, a lot has happened since the early days of AI. […]
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
The title should really be: “The Biggest Mistake of Your (Attending) Life”, but it didn’t flow as well, so I just cut out the attending part. It ended up sounding click-baitish, but I think that’s ok. What I have to say today will significantly shape your future. So when you read this title, you may have some preconceived notions for what I meant. Perhaps you thought that I was going to say going into medicine […]