Tag Archives: health care
Killing Grandma for Universal Healthcare
A few months ago before Google Bard was rebranded as Gemini, I asked it several questions to assess the state of AI. Like any “expert” the answer from an AI needs to be verified by human intelligence and may include … Continue reading
The Objectivist Conference (OCON) and Ideas for Living Life on Earth
In Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged, the world’s hidden producers gathered for one month each summer and in part they traded the intellectual products that they had produced during the prior year. Similarly, Objectivists (those who study and apply Ayn … Continue reading
Gideon’s Trumpet: Is Gideon v. Wainwright and Indigent Defense Counsel Still Relevant?
I really enjoy Diana Hsieh’s podcast “Philosophy in Action”, but I think that she insufficiently chewed her reply to the following question: Why is receiving the counsel of an attorney a right while receiving health care is not? In both … Continue reading