Syllabus for Transformational Medical Innovations Course Finally Completed
The course seeks to encourage and guide innovators in health care and other industries using case-histories of transformational advances, supported
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Amar Bhidé
Author of Uncertainty and Enterprise: Venturing Beyond the Known
Public Policy
New paper on Anonymous Lemons
European Financial Managment has just published ‘Symmetrical Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons.’ It’s (kind of) a 50th Anniversary ‘inversion’
Read MoreHustling to beat the Coronavirus (with Leif Pagrotsky)
Our article (full text below) highlights the crucial role of local knowledge and action in global pandemics. While regretting the
Read MoreFearless forecast the next wave (of Covid controversy)
In a couple of years or so when the dust settles on covid attributed deaths — and yes they are
Read MoreHindu/Vedantic views on life and death (rather personal!)
An oped in today’s WSJ about “Rage[ing] Against the ‘Bioethicists’ and the Dying of the Light” reminded me how different
Read MoreVentilators: where’s the bottleneck?
In the scramble to build/acquire/commandeer ventilators the question arises: is the equipment the bottleneck or are other complementary facilities and
Read MoreWhat South Korean/Taiwanese “successes” dont resolve.
Much is being made of the “success” of covid containment in South Korea and Taiwan. This seems based on rather
Read MoreHonesty in Pandemic Modelling
This fine post by Maria Chikina (Pitt) and Wesley Pegden (CMU) reaches important if unpalatable conclusions, including: “There is a
Read MoreMurky data calls into question quarantine strategy (New FT oped)
My oped on covid 19 that the FT has just kindly published, emphasizes we are operating in a fog —
Read MoreConflating Convenience with Correctness
My email and facebook feed is filled with pictures and videos of exponential growth functions. The flood originates, I
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