Show threadJim ParsonsSep 7, 2023

@manton
This is a common and understandable POV re: Vision Pro. It's not a mass market device (yet) and likely won’t be for +5 years. But using a #Health #HealthTech #MentalHealth and #JTBD lens (my jam), it’s already an incredibly important device.

Crude #AR #VR #XR apps already exist for treatment & management of civilian #FirstResponder and military #MilVet #PTSD (at epidemic levels 15 yrs prior to #COVID19 pandemic)

Tim Cook with jerk: Oct 2019

#Health
#Apple
#AppleVisionPro
#Privacy

Jim ParsonsMar 9, 2023

Grateful for this study & good news but there's more to story:
“Covid effect on #MentalHealth not as great as first thought, study suggests”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/08/covid-effect-mental-health-study-mcgill-university

Was invited member of 🇨🇦 #OSI Research Consortium [‘16-‘21] as Family-Patient-#AI-#Privacy-centic #HealthTech entrepreneur (11 Confs):

• MH crisis existed decades prior to #COVID19 (#MilVet + #FirstResponder pop’n)

• #PTSD #Addiction #Depression (PTSD=melange) #MoralInjury #PTSI surface YEARS after #trauma event

• long road ahead

Covid’s effect on mental health not as great as first thought, study suggests

Pandemic resulted in ‘minimal’ changes in symptoms, according to review led by McGill University researchers

The Guardian
Jim ParsonsDec 12, 2022

When it comes to #SiliconValley #BigTech #VC incursion into both public & private #Health ecosystems: there's no ethical bottom...

Propublica: "Google’s Quest to Digitize Valuable Military Tissue Samples" https://www.propublica.org/article/google-human-tissue-jpc-military

#Privacy #Security #Dignity #Health #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #BioSurveillance #FitBit #Alphabet #Google #MedMastodon #DigitalHealth #MentalHealth #DigitalMentalHealth #EthicalAI #AI #ML #BigData #MilVet #USpoli #TechPoli #Ethics #PersonalData

Inside Google’s Quest to Digitize Troops’ Tissue Samples

The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and slices of organs. DOD staffers have pushed back, raising ethical and legal concerns, but Google might win anyway.

ProPublica