Lara Lewington – How Technology is Rewriting the Future of Our Health
At a time when fear and confusion often dominate our conversations around artificial intelligence, Lara Lewington offers a radically hopeful alternative: technology not as a threat to our humanity, but as a means to extend and enhance it.
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Show Notes
Informed by over fifteen years covering the world’s most advanced innovations, Lewington joins journalist Hannah MacInnes to explore the transformative potential of AI and health tech—from early cancer detection and personalised diagnostics to wearable devices that track everything from sleep to blood sugar. Drawing on her new book Hacking Humanity, Lewington shares her own journey of self-experimentation, separates scientific promise from Silicon Valley hype, and asks what it truly means to live a longer, healthier life. With clarity, compassion and infectious curiosity, she shows how we can all take part in shaping a future where medicine is not just reactive but predictive, and where technology helps us stay well, not just treat us when we’re sick.
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