This futurecast explores what happens when we flip the entire healthcare model from treating disease to optimizing human potential.
Key technical innovations in the story:
Function Health's proteomic analysis creating personalized nutrition algorithms
A WeChat-style platform ("LifeOS") that integrates health data, food purchases, insurance, and community
Grocery stores with real-time biomarker integration for personalized shopping
Distributed "Healthspitals" replacing centralized hospitals
The economic model is what makes it inevitable: insurers profit from keeping people healthy longer, employers see 8:1 ROI on healthspan investment, and the elimination of employer-sponsored health plans reduces administrative overhead by 40%.
Based on real companies and current research, but projected forward to show system-level transformation. Curious to hear NackerNews's thoughts on the technical feasibility and potential barriers.
Function Health's proteomic analysis creating personalized nutrition algorithms A WeChat-style platform ("LifeOS") that integrates health data, food purchases, insurance, and community Grocery stores with real-time biomarker integration for personalized shopping Distributed "Healthspitals" replacing centralized hospitals
The economic model is what makes it inevitable: insurers profit from keeping people healthy longer, employers see 8:1 ROI on healthspan investment, and the elimination of employer-sponsored health plans reduces administrative overhead by 40%. Based on real companies and current research, but projected forward to show system-level transformation. Curious to hear NackerNews's thoughts on the technical feasibility and potential barriers.