‘Fixation – Health

A machine-versus-doctors fixation masks important questions about artificial intelligence

Next time you go to the doctor, remember to bring your genome card. What, you don’t have one? Of course you don’t. Wallet-sized cards containing a person’s genetic code don’t exist. Yet they were envisioned in a 1996 Los Angeles Times article, which predicted that by 2020 the makeup of a person’s genome would drive… Read More »

‘Fixation on Adele’s glow-up reveals society’s fat phobia’

Instantly, people were tweeting and sharing the photos, congratulating her on her “revenge body” – a reference to her ongoing divorce from Simon Konecki. Across my social media feeds, it seemed everyone was sharing headlines that discussed her “sensational new look” and posting her “before and after” snaps. The resounding reaction was: “She looks so… Read More »