Generally I wouldn’t hold any hope that a public system could compete with a private one, but healthcare is an exception in large part because public healthcare systems are ruthless when selecting what medical procedures they will fund. They pursue value for money and as far as I understand achieve similar health outcomes. But they won’t innovate like the private sector, so we need both. If private healthcare can be restructured to better align behavior to outcomes, I think we could have the best of both worlds.
The incentives in dentistry are completely broken, and the same might be said about other medical professions to a lesser extent. There’s no accountability to mitigate a lack of professional ethics. Any dentist can make wild claims and you either trust their word blindly or pay for a second opinion. They won’t pay a price for a misdiagnosis or unnecessary invasive procedures, and they profit from each add-on. Really, diagnostics should be a separate business from surgery. They should not have any financial ties or this madness will continue
I've seen numerous posts from researchers on X demonstrating that people high in psychopathy, low in empathy, and low in cognitive ability are overrepresented on social media. They post more often and fuel polarisation in politics. The extremism is entertaining to others and rewarded with exposure. Political moderates don't tend to get as emotionally invested and are less likely to voice their opinions in the first place. But underlying the extremism and polarisation are real issues. There's often an overlooked middleground that technology can step in to highlight
Best to assume that CEOs don't speak candidly when addressing the public. Wasn't he fired from OpenAI due to a lack of open/honest communication? In any case, he's incentivised to tailor his words and views to reduce competition, reduce investment in competitors, and generally improve his company's position. I would be sceptical of anything publicly stated that directly impacts the public's perception of OpenAI or him personally