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John Whyte

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158 total appearances

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TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And he was right in terms of the information that he found.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

Now, the next day, I get a call from the doctor's office.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

It's MRSA.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And I think, how am I going to tell him that?

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

But it was, and he did need to have the antibiotic changed.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And my point is, sometimes the information you search is correct.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

Often it is, but you have to put it into context.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

Now, just to be fair, my wife had some knee pain just last week after starting back up at the gym.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And he goes over to her and he says,

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

could be jumper's knee, which is patellar tendonitis.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

It's not.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

It's just she just started to work out.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

So now her knee is bothering her.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

But I get it.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

These are powerful tools in terms of generative AI and chat GPT and Google.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

But they don't know your history.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

They can't do a physical exam.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And in many ways, they're causing more confusion.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

What I talk about is it's really the issue of clarity versus confusion.

TED Talks Daily
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte

And if you want to have joy, if you want to use symptom checkers and the web and AI to understand your health better, and I want you to become more empowered, it is about having clarity versus confusion.