Nuclear Medicine or Nuclear Weapons: The Digital Determinants of Health

It is increasingly possible for the aggregators of our data to record and analyse the way we; vote, shop, eat, move, communicate, and even the way we breath. Moreover, it is increasingly possible for the aggregators of our data to use it, and the digital communication channels they have into our senses to influence the way we vote, shop, eat, move, communicate and the way we receive healthcare. Artificial intelligence promises a step change in the speed at which such automation can happen.

As every element of our lives is increasingly digitised and digitisation increasingly influences every element of ours lives, the net impact of ‘digital’ on human health and the things that drive it, the digital determinants of health, are almost impossible to elucidate. But given their omnipotence, that shouldn't stop us trying. It is perhaps one of the most important considerations for the health and wellbeing of current and future generations.

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