Stare into the Abyss
Meme
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil (1886)
Nietzsche warns that when confronting darkness—whether in society, philosophy, or personal struggles—there’s a risk of becoming consumed by it. The abyss represents nihilism, despair, or moral corruption, and staring into it too long can lead one to lose themselves in the very thing they sought to overcome2.
It’s a powerful reflection on self-awareness, moral integrity, and the dangers of unchecked obsession.
"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness" = Vladimir Nabokov
Problems
2026 predictions:
- The Medical Record Retrieval market will be highly volatile, and businesses that charge a per page fee and don’t diversify will shutter under the pressure of a free market.
- Medical Scribes’ translation of an oral history will be replaced by the actual complete medical history.
- Patients will be giving doctors access to their records, eliminating forms asking for medical history, identification, and health insurance information at checkin.
- Patients will use A.I. to detect potential medical malpractice.
- Hospitals will be graded from time physician orders Rx to its delivery into the patient instead of how long you wait in their ER.
- Patients will have tools to detect when a doctor has ordered an antibiotic that is reported by pathologist to be resistant as one way to avoid sepsis.
- Tech companies using A.I. to access a FHIR record will go bowling with Builder.ai
- Personal Injury lawyers will finally benefit from HITECH post Ciox v Azar.
