Any effective climate strategy will have to rely upon a combination of emissions reductions, adaptation, and, if circumstances warrant, some degree of geoengineering.

Climate policy should focus on human welfare, not just reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

Reid Hoffman’s talk this week at Stanford (podcast and video available here) touched on several themes that collectively seem to comprise the Silicon Valley innovator ethos; most are relevant to healthcare and biopharma, and I agree with all his assertions except one.

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While biopharmaceutical companies may be thought of as mission oriented, they are almost certainly the poster children for adaptation. They need to focus on finding the most pressing relevant issues to help their patients.

Banking history shows us an interesting way to divide banks into two parts: this is the State of Louisiana Banking Act of 1842.

One by one, real but nonscientific disciplines are being rebranded as infant sciences, even though the only science involved may have little or nothing to do with their subject matter.

"We are at the cusp of a revolution in medicine and biotechnology," Sonia Arrison announces in "100+", "that will radically increase not just our life spans but also, and more importantly, our health spans." This revolution will "change everything, from careers and relationships to family and faith."

Instead of seeking greenhouse gas reductions, we need to foster resilience: the ability to withstand changes and bounce back from them.