david proudman

Global health economics (and tech). Passion for healthcare value/affordability. London - SF

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@alexis_o_O Bacon?

[owen cyclops @owenbroadcast]

most people have no idea how psychoactive alkaloids work. why would they? i love coffee. look at this chart: if you drink coffee, after 500 minutes, the caffeine is still there. many people experience this feeling as anxiety. theyd never connect it to a cup of coffee 10 hours ago

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@melissa How about waldorf?

[david proudman @davidproudman]

Look you can fly a drone, go on a boat. Children going to war…

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[david proudman @davidproudman]

@NickBurns

[Eye On Axis @eyeonaxis]

RIP to the legendary Sebastião Salgado, his lens captured the world’s soul

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@NickBurns It’s not just propane
(it is just propane)

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@CleanPowerDave Is it global or a particular country?

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Why are personal injury attorneys the marginal bidder for roadside billboards in so many parts of the US? Is the sector really so large? A priori, I would never have predicted this.

Quick investigation: "Costs and compensation paid in the U.S. tort system reached over $529 billion in 2022, or over $4,200 per U.S. household." 2% of US GDP! Also appears to have compounded meaningfully faster than GDP over the past decade.

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

The absolute hardest thing to convince people of is that the optimal amount of fraud in a system is not zero. Obviously it would be ideal if there were no fraud, but at some point the cost of catching it outweighs the benefits

[david proudman @davidproudman]

‘Toxic gases like oxygen’

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

the first sign of spring: the reoccurring "men shouldn't wear shorts" debate. and tucked somewhere in the hundreds of replies is someone posting, "the don doesn't wear shorts," a tweet they confidently fired off while standing in line at a taco bell inside a target

[Ashvin Gandhi @ashdgandhi]

Of course, lowering prices in the US doesn't mean we need to raise prices abroad. We could simply negotiate prices in the US without referencing other countries.

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@kardiologykazi @rwyeh @SmithBIDMC More likely that drug companies simply pull their products from reference countries, costing lives. US is the main market, prices there will be protected.

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@WUTangKids Just like Brexit and the brexiteers

[Larry & Paul @larryandpaul]

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[fejau @fejau_inc]

10,000 hours just to get here

[david proudman @davidproudman]

@SFBARTalert @SFBART :( Took 2 hours to get from Macarthur to Millbrae train connection this morning

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

People like efficiency but they are not stupid and they know you don’t just cancel a bunch of cancer research or lay off a bunch of veterans and call that savings.