A trip to the future
Summary
The Holophone informs us that you have 9,125 unread daily news updates, and I have 8,442 nicely curated by the phone’s AI to reflect our interests. The biggest concerns of the past, like noticing patient deterioration, drug dosage changes, shift fatigue, and simple-but-dangerous mistakes, are gone. The technology reduces staffing load and frustration, helps doctors collaborate, and makes better healthcare more accessible and affordable to all. Defense systems now ensure positive target ID, establish clear intent, and enforce chain of command. Way back in the 2020s, there were a few forward-thinking companies that were leading the way, using the term ‘data centricity’ and adopting middleware that organised the flow into intimately shared information.