Peter Dizikes

Writer at MIT Technology Review

Articles

Study on ride-sharing opens a window into consumer behavior, measuring the benefits for businesses

1 week ago | phys.org | Peter Dizikes

As the saying goes, time is money. That's certainly evident in the transportation sector, where people will pay more for direct flights, express trains, and other ways to get somewhere quickly. Still, it is difficult to measure precisely how much people value their time.
If time is money, here’s one way consumers value it

1 week ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

As the saying goes, time is money. That’s certainly evident in the transportation sector, where people will pay more for direct flights, express trains, and other ways to get somewhere quickly. Still, it is difficult to measure precisely how much people value their time. Now, a paper co-authored by an MIT economist uses ride-sharing data to reveal multiple implications of personalized pricing.
The age-old problem of long-term care

1 week ago | medicalxpress.com | Peter Dizikes

Caring well for the elderly is a familiar challenge. Some elderly people need close medical attention in facilities; others struggle with reduced capabilities while not wanting to leave their homes. For families, finding good care is hard and expensive, and already-burdened family members often pick up the slack. The problem is expanding as birthrates drop while some segments of the population live longer, meaning that a growing portion of the population is elderly.
The age-old problem of long-term care

1 week ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

Caring well for the elderly is a familiar challenge. Some elderly people need close medical attention in facilities; others struggle with reduced capabilities while not wanting to leave their homes. For families, finding good care is hard and expensive, and already-burdened family members often pick up the slack. The problem is expanding as birthrates drop while some segments of the population live longer, meaning that a growing portion of the population is elderly.
At the Venice Biennale, design through flexible thinking

2 weeks ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

When the Venice Biennale’s 19th International Architecture Exhibition launches on May 10, its guiding theme will be applying nimble, flexible intelligence to a demanding world — an ongoing focus of its curator, MIT faculty member Carlo Ratti. The Biennale is the world’s most renowned exhibition of its kind, an international event whose subject matter shifts over time, with a new curator providing new focus every two years.
How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

3 weeks ago | medicalxpress.com | Peter Dizikes

At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients. Roughly one-fifth of those get a new kidney each year, but others die while waiting. In short, the demand for kidneys makes it important to think about how we use the limited supply. A study co-authored by an MIT economist brings new data to this issue, providing nuanced estimates of the lifespan-lengthening effect of kidney transplants.
How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

4 weeks ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients. Roughly one-fifth of those get a new kidney each year, but others die while waiting. In short, the demand for kidneys makes it important to think about how we use the limited supply. A study co-authored by an MIT economist brings new data to this issue, providing nuanced estimates of the lifespan-lengthening effect of kidney transplants.
How local regulations helped create certainty and safety principles that enabled biotech's massive growth

4 weeks ago | phys.org | Peter Dizikes

It's considered a scientific landmark: A 1975 meeting at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, shaped a new safety regime for recombinant DNA, ensuring that researchers would apply caution to gene splicing. Those ideas have been so useful that in the decades since, when new topics in scientific safety arise, there are still calls for Asilomar-type conferences to craft good ground rules.
Beneath the biotech boom

4 weeks ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

It’s considered a scientific landmark: A 1975 meeting at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, shaped a new safety regime for recombinant DNA, ensuring that researchers would apply caution to gene splicing. Those ideas have been so useful that in the decades since, when new topics in scientific safety arise, there are still calls for Asilomar-type conferences to craft good ground rules.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens

1 month ago | news.mit.edu | Peter Dizikes

Give Dwai Banerjee credit: He doesn’t pick easy topics to study. Banerjee is an MIT scholar who in a short time has produced a wide-ranging body of work about the impact of technology on society — and who, as a trained anthropologist, has a keen eye for people’s lived experience. In one book, “Enduring Cancer,” from 2020, Banerjee studies the lives of mostly poor cancer patients in Delhi, digging into their psychological horizons and interactions with the world of medical care.