Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler Ezekiel Emanuel on the Practice of Medicine, Policy, and Life

Ezekiel Emanuel on the Practice of Medicine, Policy, and Life

Published: May 22, 2019, 11:58 a.m.

Ezekiel Emanuel is a reflection of his upbringing: a doctor for a father who loved to travel, a mother interested in policy and community activism, and all the competition and friendship that comes with growing up closely with two brothers. Put those together and you wouldn\u2019t be surprised that the result is someone who has worked at both the highest levels of, medicine, policy and academia\u200a\u2014\u200athough the intense interest in jam might surprise you.

Do we overrate the importance of doctors? What\u2019s the importance of IQ versus EQ in the practice of medicine? What is the prospect for venture capital in biotech? How should medical training be changed? Why does he think the conventional wisdom about a problem tends to be wrong? Would immortality be boring? What would happen if we let parents genetically engineer their kids?

Tyler questions Emanuel on these topics and more, including the smartest thing his parents did while raising him, whether we have right to medical self-defense, healthcare in low- versus high-trust institutions, and much more.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded April 19th, 2019

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