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“It’s very simple to not think about our health at all,” says Wired executive editor Thomas Goetz. Opting not to consider the ramifications of diet, exercise and other daily decisions probably won’t lead to a longer life, but it’s definitely the easiest route to take.
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Millions of Americans take this hands-off approach to health because taking responsibility for the everyday decisions that affect their physical well-being can be scary and confusing.
In his new book, The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine, released Tuesday, Goetz argues that — thanks to advances in technology — it has never been easier for individuals to monitor their own health risks and to catch, and treat, disease before it ever happens.
Health can be understood as a system of inputs and outputs, much like the flow charts we all learned to draw in grade school. It might seem simple or obvious, but Goetz argues that this “decision-tree thinking” is the key to a better, longer, healthier life. In this week’s Storyboard podcast, Goetz and story editor Sarah Fallon discuss the exclusive adaptation of The Decision Tree that appears in the February issue of Wired.
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