NOTEBOOK

The Digitalis Notebook contains our writing on the ideas that underpin the work of Digitalis Ventures, Digitalis Commons, and Digitalis Labs.

May 27, 2026

The Proximate and the Possible

Biomedicine has never lacked for miracles. The harder question is who they're for.

Geoffrey W. Smith

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January 31, 2021

Health Equity

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December 31, 2020

2020 and Lung Inflammation

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November 30, 2020

Thoughts for Food

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October 31, 2020

Show Unfinished Work

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September 30, 2020

Can We Learn How to Control Fat Metabolism?

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August 31, 2020

On Metabolism

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July 31, 2020

Why Are Some Foods More Allergenic Than Others?

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June 20, 2020

A Quick Look at Vitamin D & COVID-19

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June 15, 2020

Notes on the Need for Systematic Change

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May 31, 2020

A Short History of Genetic Engineering in the Time Of Covid-19

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May 15, 2020

Vaccine Development

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April 30, 2020

Natural Computing

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March 31, 2020

Apocalypse Now

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February 29, 2020

Medicine & Math

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January 31, 2020

Mendelian Randomization

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December 31, 2019

On Life Expectancy

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November 30, 2019

A Question of Trust

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October 31, 2019

The Right to Genomic Privacy

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September 30, 2019

Intellectual Debt

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August 31, 2019

Inaugural Note

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MAY 27, 2026

The Proximate and the Possible

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APRIL 29, 2026

The Logic of the Commons: Why Communities in Health Form, Fracture, and Sometimes Flourish

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MARCH 25, 2026

The Healthcare Market Cannot Heal Itself: Notes on Health, Markets, and Power

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FEBRUARY 25, 2026

Beyond Boundaries: Rebuilding the Architecture of Knowledge

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JUNE 16, 2025

Revitalizing US Biomanufacturing to Strengthen the Global Supply and Security of Antibiotics

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MARCH 8, 2025

Unlocking Investment for Women’s Health

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Should There be Profit in Knowledge?

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Endogenous Technological Change.

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The general idea of a “rule” can be understood to encompass a wide-range of things including statutes, regulations, common law, guidelines, contracts, norms, corporate policies, and unspoken practices. At the intersection of health and technology, each of these rule categories applies, and each has tangible effect on health outcomes.

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Design is an essential layer in most endeavors that aim to improve health, though far too often there is a failure to plan for, finance, and deploy design solutions.

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The advent of new technologies often outstrips our existing ethical and equity frameworks. Society is then forced to revisit basic normative issues such as the boundaries of privacy, the role of intellectual property, and even the definition of humanity.

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How do issues related to health, environment, and food intersect to produce more or less security at the level of individuals?

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NOTEBOOK

The Proximate and the Possible

Health Equity

2020 and Lung Inflammation

Thoughts for Food

Show Unfinished Work

Can We Learn How to Control Fat Metabolism?

On Metabolism

Why Are Some Foods More Allergenic Than Others?

A Quick Look at Vitamin D & COVID-19

Notes on the Need for Systematic Change

A Short History of Genetic Engineering in the Time Of Covid-19

Vaccine Development

Natural Computing

Apocalypse Now

Medicine & Math

Mendelian Randomization

On Life Expectancy

A Question of Trust

The Right to Genomic Privacy

Intellectual Debt

Inaugural Note

The Proximate and the Possible

The Logic of the Commons: Why Communities in Health Form, Fracture, and Sometimes Flourish

The Healthcare Market Cannot Heal Itself: Notes on Health, Markets, and Power

Beyond Boundaries: Rebuilding the Architecture of Knowledge

Revitalizing US Biomanufacturing to Strengthen the Global Supply and Security of Antibiotics

Unlocking Investment for Women’s Health

Should There be Profit in Knowledge?

Endogenous Technological Change.

Design is an essential layer in most endeavors that aim to improve health, though far too often there is a failure to plan for, finance, and deploy design solutions.

The advent of new technologies often outstrips our existing ethical and equity frameworks. Society is then forced to revisit basic normative issues such as the boundaries of privacy, the role of intellectual property, and even the definition of humanity.

How do issues related to health, environment, and food intersect to produce more or less security at the level of individuals?

Health Security Middleware.