This is a fabulous talk by Jamie Heywood about a web site (patientsLikeMe.com) for medical analysis and social networking, where he is shows how people simply by sharing their experiences combined social networking and some data analysis can help predict solutions to medical treatments and problems.
I've been curious about this idea for many years. What if everyone shared how they feel, where they live, and what they do. Then crunch those numbers. How many toxic environments would be found, dangerous jobs singled out, and diseases could be seen. Maps showing the progress of the flu.. but better yet, what the people who didn't get that sick had in common. There is so much data out there, the problem is it is not shared, and no analysis is done!
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