Andy Warhol was one of the great artists of the 20th century who understood the legitimate role that glamour and business should play in the production of art. Andy used to go through airport security multiple times, because he found it fascinating and inspiring. He put soup cans up on…

A Single Payer alternative for a capitalist economy — We are often reminded that America is the only developed nation without universal healthcare coverage. America also has the most expensive healthcare system (by orders of magnitude) in the world, from which you would immediately conclude that the answer is obvious — implement a single-payer system. …

A Prescription For Healing The Healthcare Industry — We can only solve the problems we see, and most entrepreneurs don’t have experience working in healthcare. I deeply believe the biggest reason we don’t see more entrepreneurs in healthcare is that they don’t understand the problems, and don’t know where to start. A few trends that are making healthcare…

Use both efficiently. Focus, as we traditionally define it, is doing one task or project, while minimizing time and attention on anything else. It is maintaining a singular point of attention when the brain concentrates its abilities in the prefrontal cortex, ignoring all extraneous information. …

Improve as you go. Sitting in a quiet place with a still mind, look back critically on your life and observe how things went. For things that turned out well, what did you do to make that happen? When things didn’t turn out well, what actions did you take…

Japan wins in spite of Employer-Sponsored Healthcare, not because of it. — I’m convinced that a major splinter in America’s healthcare system is employers. Employers act as a middle man, reducing consumer buying power and preventing the market from efficiently balancing prices and supply. Employers provide very little value other than serving to collect money (by law) from employees so the government…