Read an interesting piece today, a short interview with an oncologist who wrote a book advocating for the diversion of cancer research funding towards prevention and early detection rather than cures or late-stage scrambling for every week of life. It seemed sensible – I gather a lot of oncologists feel this way – but medical research is set up in a way that prevents it. Seems sensible. Nice also that the oncologist is of Pakistani origin.
Also listened to a very good episode of the Sinica podcast, on China and technology, and the uneasiness of the US around it.
Came to the blog to post about it and it was down. Am now looking into alternatives: the downtime for this service is ridiculous. No one may ever read the blog, whatever, but I do want to be able to post when I want to.