Why hasn’t there been more progress in medical technology?

During late night college musings with friends two decades ago, three interconnected ideas dominated our thinking: (1) Humans would live twice as long, (2) There would be a renaissance of ideas, since every inch of the planet would have have internet access, and (3) Computing power would be effectively free, giving rise to advanced artificial intelligence.

Via Ben Evans annual State of the Internet presentation.

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CTO of Stand Together. Former CEO of GrainBridge, Co-founder of Descartes Labs, CEO of Zite. Love product, philosophy, data refineries, and models.

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Mark Johnson

CTO of Stand Together. Former CEO of GrainBridge, Co-founder of Descartes Labs, CEO of Zite. Love product, philosophy, data refineries, and models.