<span itemprop="author">Eric Dessner, MD

Author's posts

Addressing online addiction has become a moral imperative

On August 30th Uncle Xi Jinping stepped into many Chinese living rooms and asked hundreds of millions of his nieces and nephews to hand over their video game controllers. Three hours per week is all they get now. According to a press release from Xinhu…

Rethinking tort reform in the wake of the pandemic

We had a bit of a reprieve, but now it’s over. The chorus of pots and pans that applauded our efforts during the height of the pandemic have long since faded into silence. The brassware has been put back in the cupboard, and the chest-thumping of the A…

Celebrate health care workers by not suing them

In New York City, each evening at 7 p.m., the sound of people banging on pots and pans can be heard from apartment buildings within an earshot of hospitals all over the city. The cacophonous clanging is a salute to the beleaguered health care workers w…