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Hubris in the age of intelligent medicine—from clinical hierarchies to algorithmic amplification

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By Milit S. Patel, David Scales, Janan Arslan, Paola Pedrelli, Matthew G. Crowson, Rawan Abulibdeh, Leo Anthony Celi
| Nature Verified
Abstract Hubris in contemporary medicine is less an individual failing than a structural condition produced by professional privilege, institutional incentives, and global asymmetries of power. This Perspective argues that modern health systems mistake technical competence for epistemic completeness, fueling iatrogenic harm and algorithmic inequity.
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My well went dry. Water can’t be an afterthought in San Antonio’s data center boom.

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By David Scales
| San Antonio Report Verified
Commentaries at the San Antonio Report provide space for our community to share perspectives and offer solutions to pressing local issues. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author alone. I don’t live in the city. I live on top of well water. When you turn on the tap out here in northwest Bexar County, the water doesn’t come from a distant reservoir or a municipal pipeline. It comes straight from the ground under your boots.
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Empowering Patients to Make Goal-Aligned Decisions in Unhealthy Information Environments

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By Laura J. Faherty, David Scales
| RAND Corporation
Topics Availability: Non-RAND Year: 2025 Pages: 3 Document Number: EP-71051 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.
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