What Will Being Healthy Mean In The Future?

The objective is not “just” being healthy anymore but also being in the best shape possible. The healthy lifestyle craze that started in the 1980s is augmented with technologies and penetrates every area and moment of life. In his book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari argues that as technology encompasses every tiny part of our health, we will gradually let technology take over our decision-making capacities. In a couple of decades, tiny sensors and big data might tell us whether we are sick or healthy. Medical decisions in our life won’t rely on our feelings of illness or wellness, or even on the informed predictions of our doctors anymore – but on the calculations of computers which will understand our bodies much better than we do. Within a few decades, Big Data algorithms informed by a constant stream of biometric data could monitor our health day and night, every day, 24/7. They could detect the very beginning of influenza, cancer or Alzheimer’s disease, long before we feel anything is wrong with us. They could then recommend appropriate treatments, diets and daily regimens, custom-built for our unique physique, DNA and personality. Just imagine your phone sending your notifications that seconds ago, the nanorobots circulating in your cardiovascular system destroyed cancer cells in a blood vessel near your left armpit and now you should have some nutritious drinks to strengthen your immune cells a bit. The notification would sit right ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Bioethics Health Sensors & Trackers AI doctor dystopia future Healthcare healthy healthy lifestyle history history of medicine Innovation patient philosophy progress technology Source Type: blogs