Hey Marcus, this is the only thing that works: The release of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act <https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medicare-for-All-Act-of-2017-FINAL.pdf> has injected a remarkable jolt of energy into a movement for health care justice that was already on the ascent.
"The grassroots are more than ready to organize around this bill. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm saying you should turn your attention away to more fruitful endeavors > than trying to fix our political system. It's broken. Forget it. Go to > court. Add your body and voice to the young marchers. > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > >> "I thought you guys would be interested in this." >> >> >> Ha! Would or should? What are you saying here? >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Merle Lefkoff < >> merlelefk...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:36:43 PM >> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Fwd: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health >> Technology >> >> I thought you guys would be interested in this. >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Future Tense <eve...@newamerica.org> >> Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:17 PM >> Subject: Future Tense Event: The Future of Mental Health Technology >> To: Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> [image: future tense] >> >> *The Future of Mental Health Technology* >> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> >> >> [image: The Future of Mental Health Technology] >> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> >> Register to Attend >> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/B4dZUFM4vEidUXisB5tOMQ/z9gw/P1/4W?> >> >> *Though the impact our digital habits have on mental health may be >> increasingly grabbing the spotlight, there’s less talk about how these same >> technologies may one day be used to revolutionize how we treat mental >> illness. From chatbots that provide therapeutic conversation to apps that >> can monitor phone use to diagnose psychosis or manic episodes, medical >> providers now have new technological tools to supplement their first-hand >> interactions with patients. Even virtual reality, a technology that has yet >> to find its footing in popular entertainment, is making waves in the >> treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.* >> >> These technologies are evolving rapidly—more rapidly than their >> regulation. Are we on the verge of a new era in psychiatric care, or will >> these treatments go the way of other now-condemned methods? Can algorithms >> reinvent our understanding of depression, anxiety, addiction, and other >> psychological issues, or at least make them easier to treat? Or is the >> industry known for "moving fast and breaking things” essentially at odds >> with a field governed by an oath “to first, do no harm”? >> >> Join Future Tense in Washington, D.C. to consider how innovations in >> technology are reimagining the way we treat mental illness. >> >> *Future Tense >> <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>* is a >> partnership of *Slate >> <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense.html>*, *New >> America <http://www.newamerica.org/>*, and *Arizona State University >> <http://www.asu.edu/?feature=research>*. >> >> Breakfast will be served. >> >> *Agenda:* >> >> *9:00-9:45: Your Chatbot Therapist Will See You Now* >> >> *Dr. John Torous,* *@JohnTorousMD <https://twitter.com/JohnTorousMD>* >> Co-director, Digital Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Deaconess, >> Harvard Medical School >> >> *Dr. Steven Chan,* *@StevenChanMD >> <https://twitter.com/StevenChanMD?lang=en>* >> Clinical Informatics Fellow, UC San Francisco, Hospital Medicine & >> Psychiatry >> >> *David Dobbs,* *@David_Dobbs <https://twitter.com/David_Dobbs>* >> Journalist >> >> *Moderator:* >> *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>* >> Editor, Future Tense >> >> *9:45-10:00: Virtual Reality, Real Healing* >> >> *Skip Rizzo, PhD* >> Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC >> Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School >> of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences >> >> *10:00-10:45: How Computer Science Is Reinventing Psychiatry* >> >> *Skip Rizzo, PhD* >> Director, Institute for Creative Technologies at USC >> Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School >> of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences >> >> *Munmun de Choudhury, PhD,* * @munmun10 <https://twitter.com/munmun10>* >> Assistant Professor, The School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech >> >> *Dr. Sarah Fineberg, PhD* >> Instructor, Yale University Department of Psychiatry >> >> *Moderator:* >> *Torie Bosch,* *@thekibosch <https://twitter.com/thekibosch>* >> Editor, Future Tense >> >> *The Future of Mental Health Technology* >> Thursday, September 28, 2017 >> 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM EST >> 740 15th Street NW, Suite 900 >> Washington, DC 20005 >> >> Follow the conversation online using *#FTMentalHealth* >> <https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23FTMentalHealth> and following >> *@FutureTenseNow* <http://www.twitter.com/FutureTenseNow>. >> >> Live streaming of this event will be available on the *New America >> website >> <https://www.newamerica.org/future-tense/events/future-mental-health-technology/>* >> . >> >> [image: Support New America] <http://newamerica.org/contribute/> >> New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, >> and purpose in the Digital Age. Our hallmarks are big ideas, impartial >> analysis, pragmatic policy solutions, technological innovation, next >> generation politics, and creative engagement with broad audiences. >> Unsubscribe >> <http://NewAmerica.cvent.com/d/JhQ4_9sU50uY0rGIvPl57Q/z9gw/E1/8E?> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> [image: Cvent - Web-based Software Solutions] <http://www.cvent.com> >> >> >> >> -- >> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. >> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy >> emergentdiplomacy.org >> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA >> >> Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding >> Saint Paul University >> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada >> >> merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> >> mobile: (303) 859-5609 >> skype: merle.lelfkoff2 >> twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > > Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding > Saint Paul University > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > > merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada merlelefk...@gmail.com <merlelef...@gmail.com> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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