A series of homeodynamic, semi-structured discussions in which participants may share what they know and what they have seen on the frontiers of the biomedical landscape.
1. Foundations & Futures
001. First, do no harm. A discussion concerning the basis of care.
002. Organ and body donations. A discussion on the give and take of our very selves. Readings
003. Human experimentation. A discussion testing the limits of testing ourselves.
004. Big data, little privacy. A discussion on the shape of things to come.
005. Universal healthcare. A discussion on the (inevitable?) end of medicine.
006. Family in medicine. A discussion on love, blood, and responsibility.
007. Death. A discussion on our ends.
008. Abortion. A discussion “going there” respectfully.
009. Assisted reproduction. A discussion for the bravest in the new world.
010. Prenatal screening. A discussion on early look and tough decisions.
011. Genetic manipulation. A discussion on changing our codes.
012. LGBTQ health. A discussion including inclusion and finding ourselves.
013. Vaccination. A discussion on public health and individual choice.
014. Regulation. A discussion about the maze and the pathway.
015. Posthumanity. A discussion on our end.
2. Chosen, Given, Taken
016. Neuroethics. A discussion on the origins of our moral situation.
017. Drugs. A discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.
018. Alternative medicine. A discussion at the boundaries of the medical sciences.
019. Zombies. A discussion of the living, the dead, and those in between.
020. Cloning. A discussion coping with copying, seeing double, and creating anew.
021. Animal experimentation. A discussion testing the limitations of our testing limitations.
022. Suicide. A discussion on our (chosen?) ends.
023. Race. A discussion on (in)equality that’s more than skin deep.
024. Gender. A discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.
025. Circumcision. A discussion on health, tradition, and mutilation.
026. Pain. A discussion on what we (don’t want to) feel.
027. Mental health. A discussion on our internal (dys)functions.
028. Eugenics. A discussion on who ought to be here.
029. Replicability of medical studies. A discussion on the significance of our results.
030. Extinction. A discussion on our (inevitable?) ends.
3. Self & Others
031. Self. A discussion on us by us.
032. Body/modification. A discussion on distorted selves and distorting selves.
033. Body/art. A discussion on aesthetics.
034. Fear. A discussion past where we dare to tread.
035. Body/politics. A discussion on government.
036. Cities. A discussion on our new environment.
037. Antinatalism. A discussion on the end to our means.
038. Others. A discussion on us and them, but mostly them.
039. Michigan. A discussion on our state.
040. Love. A discussion on the chemistry of our biology.
041. Overpopulation. A discussion on one too many.
042. Public health. A discussion on the health of our society.
043. Solitude. A discussion on who we are when we are alone.
044. Responsibility. A discussion on what we owe to ourselves and others.
045. History. A discussion on the means to our ends.
4. Legitimization
046. The theory of mind. A discussion on what we think others think.
047. Artificial intelligence. A discussion just like the one we would have had, but by computers.
048. Artificial parts. A discussion on what’s replaceable.
049. Dia de los Muertos. A discussion on the celebration of the living and the dead.
050. Democracy. A discussion we will choose to have.
051. The coming administration. A discussion on our (new?) government.
052. Annihilation. A discussion on our obliteration.
053. The madness of crowds. A discussion on popular delusions.
054. Population control. A discussion on limiting ourselves.
055. Sex. A discussion on what we do.
056. Artificial life. A discussion on new forms.
057. Infection. A discussion spreading to others.
058. Accidents. A discussion we weren’t meant to have.
059. Virtual reality. A discussion like any other?
060. Abdication. A discussion on our renunciation.
5. Inward, Outward
061. Idea(l)s. A discussion on what we believe (in).
062. War. A discussion on who we fight.
063. Disability. A discussion on where to place emphasis and when to just let be.
064. Disgust. A discussion somewhere between nausea and a dry heave.
065. Disenfranchisement. A discussion on the deprived.
066. Meat. A discussion on what we eat.
067. Loss. A discussion on what we have.
068. Discovery. A discussion on what we find.
069. Boundaries. A discussion on where we go.
070. Consent. A discussion we agree to.
071. Creation. A discussion on what we make.
072. Cycles. A discussion on what what happens over and over and over.
073. Addiction. A discussion we (can’t) quit.
074. Recognition. A discussion to be heard.
075. Redemption. A discussion on what we save.
6. Faith
076. Reason. A discussion on how we know what we know (and why).
077. Pseudoscience. A discussion on fads, fallacies, and bullshit.
078. The causes and cures of cancer. A discussion on what we have.
079. Brains in vats. A discussion on how we know (we aren’t).
080. Religion. A discussion on what we believe.
081. Charity. A discussion on what we give.
082. Doubt. A discussion on what we have.
083. Truth. A discussion on what we know.
084. Lies. A discussion on trust.
085. Emotion. A discussion on what we feel (in our heart).
086. Evolution. A discussion ever the same, ever changing.
087. Intuition. A discussion on what we feel (in our gut).
088. Advocacy. A discussion on behalf of others (and its implications).
089. Regression. A discussion on where we end up.
090. Solace. A consolation.
7. Condition(s)
091. The human condition. A discussion on what we have.
092. Birth. A discussion on where we begin.
093. Trauma. A discussion on the worst of it.
094. Cadavers. A discussion on where we end.
095. Corporations. A discussion on bodily groups and groups of bodies.
096. Aging. A discussion on time’s arrow, time’s anchor.
097. Sadness. A discussion on feeling: bad.
098. Happiness. A discussion on feeling: good.
099. Randomness. An unpredictable discussion?
100. Empathy. A discussion on how we relate.
101. Obligation. A discussion we owe to ourselves and others.
102. Virtue. A discussion on the best of us.
103. Absurdity. A discussion on the truth of the matter.
104. Repetition. A discussion on a discussion on a discussion on…
105. The biomedical condition. A discussion on who we are.