How a triple-amputee doctor is helping to change the way we die

Jon Mooallem's beautiful profile of BJ Miller tells the tale of how Miller lost three of his limbs in a stupid accident and became a pioneer of palliative medicine: but for me, it's also a story of the very best of San Francisco's blend of technology, optimism, compassion and exuberant weirdness -- a blend that has been changing for the worse since the dotcom bubble of the turn of the century. (more…)