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The promise of psychedelics – Investors’ Chronicle – Investors Chronicle

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For all the medical advances made over recent times, there is one area of healthcare where scientists are still struggling: mental health. Closely linked is the rise in substance abuse particularly in the US, whereannual deaths by this metric havemore than doubled since 1990to just over 2,000 per 100,000, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. In the same period, the rate of cancer deaths has stayed flat around 5,000 per 100,000, despite ageing populations making cancer more prevalent.

Deteriorating mental health is not the only factor behind this acceleration.Butthe Covid-19 pandemic has had a particular impact.In April 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 78,021 people died from drug overdoses in the US during the previous 12 months. By December 2021, it forecast this number had risen to 107,622, a 38 per cent rise in 20 months. The effects of lockdowns on mental health is still being debated, but what is clear is that during the pandemic, for whatever reason, Americans became a lot less hopeful.

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The national psychedelics reform movement received a boost Wednesday, as a pair of amendments that would increase access to psychedelic treatments for veterans and active-duty service members with mental health conditions was adopted by the House of Representatives. The amendments, which were added to the annual National Defense Authorization Act, were offered by Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

The adoption follows a series of successes by the movement against the prohibition of psychedelics. A number of U.S. cities, like Denver and Detroit, have decriminalized some psychedelics in the last four years. In 2020,Oregon legalized psilocybin (the compound that giveshallucinogenic mushrooms their potency) for therapeutic use by any adult over the age of 21. While the amendments offered by Ocasio-Cortez and Crenshaw would only modestly relax federal restrictions on a subset of therapeutic studies, they are an acknowledgment of growing momentum to rethink the harsh restrictions imposed on psychedelics during the war on drugs.

In a floor speech Wednesday, Crenshaw a Navy veteran pleaded with members of his party to support his amendment. Many hear the word psychedelics and they think of acid trips from the 60s, he said. What were talking about here is the proven use of psychedelics to treat PTSD.

Crenshaw and Ocasio-Cortezs amendments were approved via voice vote shortly thereafter. Ocasio-Cortezs amendment would open up further avenues for therapeutic studies of MDMA and psilocybin. Crenshaws would also provide for further studies of those two substances, as well as lesser-known psychedelics ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT.

Despite the similar nature of their legislation, there is little indication that the two representatives worked in concert to secure passage. Crenshaw has drawn scrutiny in the past for claiming to support efforts to expand veterans access to psychedelic treatments, only to oppose measures introduced by Ocasio-Cortez that would do just that.

Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, has in the past introduced several measures to expand access, including bipartisan efforts that were identical to the measure adopted by the House on Wednesday, but she declined outreach from her former Republican partner this year. She previously co-sponsored such efforts with Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who was investigatedby federal authorities for allegations involving potential sex with a minor, paying for unauthorized sex work, and taking MDMA during some of the alleged episodes.

Gaetz and Ocasio-Cortez ended up introducing nearly identical versions of the amendment. Gaetzs version of the amendment was ultimately ruled out of order by the House Rules Committee, while Ocasio-Cortezs was cleared for a floor vote. In testimony to the Rules Committee on Tuesday, Gaetz acknowledged that the two measures were identical and noted that outreach from his office around co-sponsoring the amendment this year went unreturned. Ill take the hint, he said, before speaking in favor of her amendment.

The disjointed nature of the bipartisan effort could complicate adoption of both measures in the final package. While the passage of amendments from members of both parties is a positive sign, the policies fates remain uncertain in the Senate. The Senates version of the National Defense Authorization Act is typically more conservative, given that chambers freewheeling amendment process and the three-fifths requirement to overcome a filibuster. The current draft of the Senate bill, which has not advanced to the floor, does not include amendments to expand access to psychedelic-assisted therapeutics.

The two houses will hash out differences between their respective versions in a conference committee in the weeks ahead, and it is unclear whether proponents can muster the political will to secure final passage for psychedelics reforms.

Crenshaw and Ocasio-Cortezs offices did not immediately respond to requests to clarify whether they would work together to ensure that some version of their proposals becomes law.

Activists are hopeful that the adoption of both measures by the House will put pressure on the Senate to follow suit. My hope is that the Senate will put bickering aside and include it too, said Jonathan Lubecky, veterans and governmental affairs liaison for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. If AOC and Crenshaw can agree, its hard to fight against it.

Lubecky, whose story was included in Crenshaws committee testimony, knows firsthand howcrucial potential reforms could be. He credits a series of psychedelic therapiesfor his rehabilitation after combat-induced trauma left him with debilitatingPTSDthat led to multiple suicide attempts. This should be a wake-up call that these therapies are real and they work, he said. I should know they saved my life.

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Ann Shulgin, pioneer of psychedelics in therapy, dies at 91 – ABC News

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ann Shulgin, who together with her late husband Alexander Shulgin pioneered the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy and co-wrote two seminal books on the subject, has died at the age of 91.

Shulgin had been in ill health because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, her daughter, Wendy Tucker, said. She died Saturday at the farm, a sprawling San Francisco Bay Area residence she shared with her chemist husband until his death in 2014, surrounded by loved ones, Tucker said.

Shulgin had a deep understanding of Jungian psychoanalysis and collaborated with her husband, who in the 1970s rediscovered the MDMA compound, better known as ecstasy, and introduced it as a possible mental health treatment. The couple tested the substances on themselves and a small group of friends.

He was the scientist, and I was the psychologist, Shulgin said of their partnership in a 2014 interview with The Associated Press. He was a genius.

Born in New Zealand to an American diplomat and New Zealand mother, Shulgin grew up in different parts of the world. The family settled in San Francisco after her father's retirement. A professionally trained artist, Shulgin drew and painted all her life and worked as a medical transcriber.

In 1978, she met Alexander Shulgin, who created more than 200 chemical compounds for use in psychotherapy.

The couples home, where Alexander Shulgin also had his lab, in Lafayette, California, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) east of San Francisco, for decades was a gathering place for students, teachers and those working with psychedelics.

Though she was not a professionally trained psychotherapist, she was always the one who people talk to and you always felt like you could open up to her. She called herself a lay therapist, Tucker said.

The couple took copious notes of their experiences and of what they observed in others and co-wrote two books. PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, which was published in 1991, and TiHKAL: The Continuation, published in 1997.

In PiHKAL, Shulgin wrote about her first experience with psychedelics when she was in her 20s.

I saw something forming in the air, slightly above the level of my head. I thought that it was perhaps a few feet from me, then I realized I couldnt actually locate it in space at all. It was a moving spiral opening, up there in the cool air, and I knew it was a doorway to the other side of existence, that I could step through it if I wished to be finished with this particular life I was living, and that there was nothing threatening or menacing about it; in fact, it was completely friendly. I also knew that I had no intention of stepping through it because there was still a great deal I wanted to do in my life, and I intended to live long enough to get it all done. The lovely spiral door didnt beckon; it was just matter-of-factly there," she wrote.

Publishers were afraid to print their first book about MDMA so the couple, who were against ecstasy being used outside of therapy, self-published it because they wanted to share their experiences and knowledge with the world, Tucker said.

They were the ones pushing to do all the PTSD work with veterans with MDMA because they saw people who had severe trauma could really break through. They were so brave to publish their work because that really opened the door and paved the way to all that is happening now, Tucker said.

In the U.S., several states have approved studying the potential medical use of psychedelics, which are still illegal under federal law. A string of cities have also decriminalized so-called magic mushrooms, and an explosion of investment money is flowing into the arena.

Experts say the research is promising for treating conditions ranging from PTSD to smoking addiction, but caution that some serious risks remain, especially for those with certain mental health conditions.

We lost years and years of research ability because of the attitude and fears around psychedelics. But we wouldnt be where we are if it wasnt for Ann and Sasha, she added.

Shulgin is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial is being planned for later in the year.

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Doctors Urge Access to Psychedelic Therapies in New Mexico – TIME

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SANTA FE, N.M. Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic mushrooms in mental health therapy aimed at overcoming depression, anxiety, psychological trauma and alcoholism.

A legislative panel on Tuesday listened to advocates who hope to broaden the scope of medical treatment and research assisted by psilocybin, the psychedelic active ingredient in certain mushrooms.

Oregon is so far the only state to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin.

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Recent studies indicate psilocybin could be useful in the treatment of major depression, including mental suffering among terminally ill patients, and for substance abuse including alcoholism, with low risks of addiction or overdose under medical supervision.

Physician Lawrence Leeman, a medicine professor at the University of New Mexico, urged legislators to move forward without waiting for federal decriminalization or regulatory approval to expand responsible therapies using doses of psilocybin.

Leeman and other advocates outlined emerging psilocybin protocols, involving six-hour supervised sessions and extensive discussions about the experience in subsequent counseling. He warned legislators that public interest is spawning illicit, underground experimentation without safeguards.

I do think there is a lot of promise from these medications, said Leeman, who also directs a program providing prenatal and maternity care to women with substance abuse problems. If this does go ahead, lets do this really safely, lets make sure we have people who are well trained (to administer the psychedelics) Lets make sure that people have counselors to see afterward.

It was unclear whether any New Mexico lawmakers will seek legislation for the medical use of psychedelics, which are still federally illegal. The Democratic-led Legislature convenes its next regular session in January 2023.

The study of psychedelics for therapy has made inroads in states led by Democrats and Republicans alike, including Hawaii, Connecticut, Texas, Utah and Oklahoma. And psilocybin has been decriminalized in the cities of Washington and Denver as well as Ann Arbor, Michigan; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Oakland and Santa Cruz in California.

In several states, military veterans are helping to persuade lawmakers to study psychedelic mushrooms for therapeutic use in addressing post-traumatic stress.

Currently in New Mexico, lawful access to psilocybin-assisted therapy is available mostly through clinical trials.

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Yale University psychiatrist Gerald Valentine said that leaves out people with low incomes and severe afflictions. He said the University of New Mexico is expanding its expertise in psychedelics-based therapies, and that a supportive environment can be found in communities such as Santa Fe, known as a progressive hub for healing and the arts.

These questions are starting to be answered about who might benefit from this therapy, Valentine said. I just feel very fortunate to be in a position to really bring this forth into real world situations.

Classic psychedelics include LSD, mescaline, psilocybin and ayahuasca. Plant-based psychedelics have long been used in indigenous cultures around the world.

At least one New Mexico church group uses hallucinogenic ayahuasca tea from the Amazon as a sacrament. A 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision ensured access to ayahuasca imports for a temple on the outskirts of Santa Fe affiliated with the Brazil-based Centro Esprita Beneficiente Unio do Vegetal.

Canada: 100+ Healthcare Professionals Protest Psilocybin Access Ban For Psychedelics-Assisted Therapy Training – Benzinga

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A judicial review request was submitted to the federal court by more than 100 doctors, psychologists, clinical counselors, social workers and nurses across Canadachallengingthe countrys health ministers decision to reject the professionals' application to use restricted psychoactive drugs for training in psilocybin-assisted therapy.

The treatment in question includes ingesting consciousness-altering substances like magic mushrooms (psilocybin) in a clinical setting, accompanied bytraditionalpsychotherapy.

The federal government had hinted earlier this year that it would refuse the applications, said Nicholas Pope, thelawyer representing the advocacy group that operates the training program andhealthcare practitioners, reported the CBC.

According to Pope, the only reason cited then was that the professionals could access an existing clinical trial. In June, with the applications official refusal, Ottawa suggested they could run their own trial. The group repliedthatexisting trials are costly and don't work for many of the professionals petitioning because of timing and location.

"Many patients on waiting lists have suicidal ideation because of their depression and many of them have end-of-life distress, have terminal cancer and could die soon," saidPope, adding that the situation would not work for a variety of reasons.

A major one is that existing trials are costly, and they don't work for many of the professionals he's representing because of timing and location.

"You can't just throw together the clinical trial in a few days," Pope said.

"Many patients on waiting lists have suicidal ideation because of their depression and many of them have end-of-life distress, have terminal cancer and could die soon."

Pope said some professionals also don't want to participate in existing trials because they are meant for research of psilocybin.

"That can interfere with training because the primary goal of a clinical trial is not the training, it's gathering information. And there's no uncertainty in the expert community about safety of psilocybin in healthy adults."

In 2020, Health Canada began granting exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide psychedelics treatment to patients suffering from end-of-life psychological distress, treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder.

The number of documents annually presented to court shows hundreds of Canadians asking about the therapy, yet according to Pope,there are notenough professionals in the country to provide it.

One of the patients waiting for the treatments approval said: "If I were to do too much or have a bad trip, sometimes there's no coming back from that. If I'm going to do it, I want to regulate it and I want it monitored just for safety's sake."

The case is also fighting for the governments acknowledgment of patients' rights to life, liberty and security. In reply, Health Canadas media relations officer said they are deeply concerned about the burden of mental illness on Canadians and aware that psilocybin is being studied worldwide for its potential to treat several conditions including anxiety, depression, PTSD and substance use disorders.

Health Canada's media relations officer,Marie-Pier Burelle further clarified: "Each request for an exemption... is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account all relevant considerations, including evidence of potential benefits and risks or harms to Canadians."

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States That Have Made Advancements Toward Legalizing Psychedelics – StreetInsider.com

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Interest in psychedelics has grown significantly as mainstream acceptance grows andresearch uncovers more of the benefitsthat these substances possess, including how they can be used to manage a range of mental health disorders. These positive advancements have even led some states to decriminalize these controlled substances, with other states set to legalize the substances in the near future.

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Optimi Health Finalizes Psilocybin Supply Agreement With Bloom Psychedelic Therapy And Research Centre – Marketscreener.com

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Partnership is a unique opportunity to showcase Canada as a clinical and cultivation mecca

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optimi Health Corp. (CSE: OPTI) (OTCQX: OPTHF) (FRA: 8BN) (Optimi or the Company), a homegrown, Canadian company cultivating and synthesizing high quality psychedelics and natural functional and psilocybin mushroom strains for transformational human experiences, is pleased to announce that it has finalized a supply agreement with Bloom Psychedelic Therapy And Research Centre (Bloom), a Calgary-based provider of mental health services, including psychedelic-assisted therapies employing ketamine treatments.

Our Supply Agreement with Bloom solidifies another key relationship for Optimi, said CEO Bill Ciprick. Their position as therapeutic practitioners, as well as their work in conducting the kind of clinical trials necessary to advance regulatory outcomes for psychedelic medicines, make them ideal partners in alignment with Optimis strategic goals.

Optimi will supply Bloom with sufficient biomass of natural psilocybin to begin conducting its previously announced clinical trial in partnership with the IMPACT Clinical Trial Accelerator Program housed within Albertas Life Sciences Innovation Hub at the University of Calgary.

The proposed phase I dosing study will aim to find the optimal microdose or low dose of psilocybin that provides general enhancements to mood, memory, sleep, and other measures of general well-being without any hallucinogenic effects.

Bloom Founder and CEO, Jim Parker, says the partnership between Bloom and Optimi provides an incredible opportunity to measure true GMP-produced, Canadian-sourced natural psilocybin.

Regulatory bodies in Canada and across the world are watching Canadas fledgling psychedelics industry and how it performs in quality, safety, and efficacy, said Parker. So, I see this as an early watershed moment where good therapeutic practices, combined with Optimis Canadian-GMP-grade natural psilocybin, could establish Canada as a real leader amongst those wanting to learn from us.

Since the completion of its combined 20,000 square feet of psilocybin cultivation and production facilities in Princeton, British Columbia, Optimi has pursued a revenue-focused strategy of clinical therapeutic and research partnerships with the intention of developing logistical channels that will underpin the future of the psychedelics industry.

To echo Jims perspective on Canada defining itself as a leader in psychedelics, I believe the more Optimi produces, tests, and supplies trials and patients across the country, the more well be able to establish the benchmarks needed to develop a true cultivation mecca in Canada and eventually the world, added Ciprick.

Authorized parties interested in purchasing Optimi psilocybin and functional mushroom products, MDMA, or other synthetic psychedelics are invited to contact sales@optimihealth.ca where a member of the sales team will respond within 24 hours.

ABOUT OPTIMI (CSE: OPTI) (OTCQX: OPTHF) (FRA: 8BN)

Optimi Health Corp. is a homegrown, Canadian success story aiming to be the number one trusted, compassionate supplier of safe, natural, EU-GMP psilocybin and functional mushrooms across the world. Built with the purpose of producing scalable, natural mushroom formulations for transformational human experiences, the Companys 20,000 sq ft of state-of-the-art, technologically advanced in-house production and research facilities cultivate, test, and synthesize high quality mushroom strains and psychedelic substances such as MDMA.

Based in Princeton, British Columbia, Optimi is developing a robust and innovative IP portfolio through its Health Canada psilocybin Dealers License.

Optimis vision is to unlock the regenerative power of mushrooms, promote psychedelic science, and set the highest standard of trusted, GMP operational excellence in the world.

Optimis promise is to make possible a future whereby natural psychedelic alternatives aid a wide variety of mental health conditions.

ABOUT BLOOM PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY AND RESEARCH CENTRE

The Bloom Psychedelic Therapy and Research Centre is a world-class research centre committed to furthering the science supporting the use of psychedelics for depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. We are pleased to house the University of Calgarys first research chair committed to this endeavor. The Parker Psychedelic Research Chair led out of the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute in the Cumming School of Medicine, is furthering important research into alternative therapies for mental health.

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Investor Relations Michael Kydd Email: investors@optimihealth.caPhone: +1 (902) 880 6121 http://www.optimihealth.ca

FORWARDLOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains forwardlooking statements and forwardlooking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation (collectively, forwardlooking statements) that relate to Optimis current expectations and views of future events. Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as will likely result, are expected to, expects, will continue, is anticipated, anticipates, believes, estimated, intends, plans, forecast, projection, strategy, objective, and outlook) are not historical facts and may be forwardlooking statements and may involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in such forwardlooking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forwardlooking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release. In particular and without limitation, this news release contains forward looking statements pertaining to activities proposed to be conducted under the Companys dealers license and associated business related to Psilocybin and Psilocin and Optimis plans, focus and objectives.

Forwardlooking statements are based on a number of assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Optimis control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forwardlooking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the impact and progression of the COVID19 pandemic and other factors set forth under ForwardLooking Statements and Risk Factors in the Companys Annual information Form dated January 12, 2022, and other continuous disclosure filings available under Optimis profile at http://www.sedar.com. Optimi undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forwardlooking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Optimi to predict all of them or assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forwardlooking statement.

Any forwardlooking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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Top 12 Examples, How Technology Has Changed Our Lives

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Technology has changed our lives by increasing the speed of time. We were human. We invented and developed the technologies to change our lives to their best. Now that technology is changing our lives every second.

Robots are our new human model and in the end, only robots control this world. Technology is now trying to go inside our body its almost there and the target is human blood and emotions. So, far! Technology is successful in that.

In business, the use of Artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, machine learning, predictive analytics, and business intelligence tools, applications now creating new methods to conduct, operate, and manage the business. Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Daily Life

The rise of cloud computing, cloud storage, Artificial intelligence, and Machine learning is the example, that we will be soon on the node that connects our body and capture the data of human activities in real-time.

The invention and development of Technology have changed our life positively and negatively. The new technologies and inventions are the result of our curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving techniques.

What else we will do on this earth if were not improving ourselves every day. But its important that technological development should be environmental and human-friendly. Technology is a flower for life, not a productivity killer.

Were looking like robotic humans and its the biggest example of how technology has changed our lives positively and negatively.

Technology is in the air, water, food, education, business, office, electricity, marketing, data storage, communication, cars, parking, traveling, foods, shopping, and banks etc. Its almost everywhere and in everything that is involved in our daily life.

Technology is the king and humans are slaves. But if a slave is clever, knowledgeable enough then they can manipulate the king (technologies).

Do you know when you get up in the morning what you think? For example: How to improve my writing? How to market products, how to earn more money, how to live the life you want to live, how to achieve your goals and dreams and how to make this world better. These are things in which technologies help us.

And for you, there are thousands of businesses and people ready to help you on the internet. You have to search and get. They are selling you change products on the internet and everywhere. Almost all the companies talk about change in their advertisement. They use technologies to target you.

E.g. How to change the world by following 7 habits? How to change your life in 30 days? How to get 1000 visitors to your business website by buying this or that. What is that? That is the impact of technology on our thinking, communication, habits and social activities. We depend on technologies to help us. And technologies really help us in good and bad ways.

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Technology changed the ways of education and learning methods. We are not able in the past to get data, information, and knowledge so quickly with flexibility. The school was very far from home. We learned that was not interesting in certain ways.

But today because of technology there are online schools. Anyone can do degrees online by using the internet and computers. There are various types of online courses for everyone with different contents. If youre interested, learn more:Online Basic Computer Courses Learn Essential Computer Skills

This is how has technology changed education. It is a positive change.

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Today we have mobile, internet, computer and social media, video conferencing tools, and mobile apps to communicate with anyone around the world. It was not possible in the past. The benefit of communication change is that its the fast, easy, and quickest method to communicate.

In the past, a letter takes 10 days to reach the destination such as money orders, greeting cards, personal letters and thousands of other communication sources are not fast enough.

But technologies changed that now you can send an email. You can transfer the money from your mobile phone. This is a technology and its non-stop.

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With technology changes, we got new kinds of habits and its tough for parents to solve such kinds of problems. Its because they dont know the solutions. Most kids, teens are addicted to the internet. For them, technology is a toy. This can be a good change, but what about creativity and brain development.

Is artificial intelligence is the new tool of creativity? I dont think so. And after 20 years, the Internet will be boring for them. Then they will use robots for their work as today were using the internet or Google.

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Technology has a positive and negative impact on our daily life. Today we live more appearance-filled the life. The craze and disadvantages of taking selfies in risky areas are well known. We do online shopping and there are varieties and price comparison tools.

Technologies have an internet of things that anyone can use in their daily life. We are busier than productive. 30 years ago people have time for friends and families. They live and enjoy their life in real-time. At the same time, they are emotional, care for nature and humanity.

Today, we do the same things on social media but without emotions. This is a technological effect. And were responsible for this change. Its is good or bad, depends on the users, how theyre using it.

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Technology has increased the pace of our life, but the quality is reduced. Technology impacted our life positively and negatively. Today we have more health care technologies the past. But the reason, behind the inventions of health technologies, is the overuse of technology in daily life.

In old times people have less electric equipment for houses and fieldwork. In old-time people, physical stamina is better than todays fitness freaks.

They lived their life longer without technology but today after technology the average human age is reducing. Were greedy and we want more, faster, and in fewer efforts.

Thats why business God is selling air purifiers, mineral waters more confidently other than inspiring humans to plant trees and grow natural sources. Even after the technological development in medical science, doctors are not confident in sayings about life is safe for a patient after an operation in certain cases.

Today most people do not invent, they do business to solve peoples problems. They can sell anything and every human being is targeted, customers. They are collecting data, what you search, where you click, what you buy, how you react to certain copywriters text. This is impacting our life because they are creating products based on our search results and technologies habits.

All are doing searches, everyone wants to read the easy explanation, people dont have time to think, and they do searches. Why think? When there are search engines who give even instant suggestions to search this or that.

Were not able to think critically thats why we are inventing artificial intelligence for the future generation. The positive is we can get knowledge information and data by using technology. But the negative is too much data, an overload of information, and overuse of technology equipment making us addicted to the tech tools.

We cant analyze, understand easily without seeing visual examples. This is how I think technology is impacting our critical thinking.

In the old times (My childhood) no tuition classes anything, everyone read and learn based on the power of the brain. Today, even admitting kids in the best schools need tuition and extra classes. Why? Might be subjects and syllabus is advanced thats why they need technologies in the classroom.

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It was not in the past. People live without less tension. They have less tension than todays humans. Todays robotic humans are tenser and fighting with analysis paralysis problems.

Today, people think and analyze everything because today were living more risky life. Were at the speed of filling greed store and technology is the tools and root.

The latest information technologies are impacting our work and the way we do business. Almost everything soon will be automated. New business models are technology-based. I dont think there is a single business around the world that is not using technologies.

People are thinking more about passive incomes and more than one source of income in fewer human efforts. Thats why cloud computing, marketing automation, cloud storage, hybrid cars, and robots, etc. very soon start changing this world again.

The reason is more profit in less time and without humans. It is because everyone is in a hurry to end the journey before competitors.

But then the next problem will come. There are already millions of people around the world in different countries who are facing an unemployment problem. And after the use of such new technologies, the unemployment problem will grow even more.

Thats why the new generation especially people in between 18th to 30th need a practical computer science or technologies related knowledge to get a job after degree.

But what are the solutions at that time? The solution is simple then again someone from us will create the next technology for them. It continues the process, I dont know when and where it ends.

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I think you know about it. Now you dont have to store your personal and business data on your hard drive, pen drive or DVD. You can upload it to clouds and access anywhere, anytime.

Such as Google Drive and one drive. You dont need to buy the business application and have to spend time installing it on your computer and server. Its already in the cloud, in which you and your employees can use it anytime from anywhere.

But why cloud computing? because we want to earn money with less effort. And business owners want to solve day-to-day maintenance problems in the company thats why it is now growing in the internet market.

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Now its clear that technology affects our work habits. We want productivity and its great for business.

Technology has changed our daily business. You can measure the quality of your products and services. You can speed up the production process. You can reduce your marketing cost by using online marketing automation applications. You can sell products on the internet and can get money from the bank directly. You can research the market, you can analyze your competitors, you can learn about technological equipment.

And such technological changes in business will reduce your production cost and increase profit. Using communication technology you can do video conferencing, chats, and online meetings.

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Above productivity example, by the use of technologies, you can apply in the workplace that not only decrease cost, time, and labor but increase the quality of the product. So, you can fight with your competitors based on quality, speed, and price.

The negative of technologies in business productivity is only when youre not using them correctly.

For example, if you or your employees are busy watching YouTube videos and using Facebook in-office time then it will reduce the productivity level at some point. If you have more IT infrastructure or fewer quality products then it cost you time.

Another negative is that these new technologies are more advanced and highly practical. If you dont have enough budget, knowledge and dont know how to implement a particular technology in your business then it will be risky.

But generally, I dont think anything is negative to use technologies in the workplace. The best technologies with technically sound staff have not any productivity loss.

We are losing our patience. Our behavior is changed in a second. For example, if the internet is slow then you can see your face how it is. If someone is late to reply, then see your reaction.

Technologies changed our patience level from high to low and low to high within the speed of a second. As I explained above that in old times people have more patience than today. We behave very badly for small things e.g. to the people who are less technical and dont have high-quality mobile and money.

We changed our minds after seeing likes and comments. We stop doing the most important work when we get a new notification or message. Thats how we are now affected by technology.

We are searching for friends on the internet. But dont know about neighbors and their problems. We are sharing thousands of motivational and life quotes on the internet. But no one is taking care of animals, plants, water, and nature.

Yes, we can buy mineral water! But why buy things when they are free? But who cares about natural resources? Is there are any government in India or any country spending their most budget on natural resources?

Not that many, you can count on fingers. They are spending on industrialization. Do you know why? Because they have great minds who think that industrialization can reduce unemployment or it is the development.

But the truth is industrialization can give them more money other than natural resources. And also working in such companies is like a GULAMI. And our institutions are teaching, How to become better Gulam. And you know the truth that after spending 4-5 lacs, were not able to get 10000 as a salary after degree. This is the truth.

This can be the reason, why engineers are doing suicide? Why employees working in IT companies, are frustrated with their job?

While I think government investment in nature will give a great return, and the returns are clean water, less pollution, fresh air.

Our youth have the power to develop and invent technologies that the world will follow for the right cause. But youth needs the freedom to choose the subject and they want practical teachers.

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But who cares about the talent? Even our society is influenced by Bhakts on the Internet, mobile messages, and technologies. Election Commission is an external examiner for politicians. Then who cares? No matter if criminals are giving the exams (fighting election). What will society do in this changing world? I dont know.

But I think if society is well educated about the technologies then it will be great. But in our society, every third person that you meet knows about politics, they are even able to criticize PM and CM. But if check common sense, you will get very bad results.

If our society and social leaders spend some time to learn and educate about the technologies to common people then our India will grow fast. After the knowledge of technologies, we can be number 1 in many things.

But our society is influenced by Politicians more than technologies. But soon, our society will be educated then we can hope our next generation will live in adeveloped country. I and you can help to educate society about such technologies.

I have more to say but let it be, I know youre not interested! And we cant find a solution here. But implementing technologies in political structures can be a solution especially in India.

Were now more addicted to technologies, not productive use. We dont use technology based on our work, home, business, and job duties. We use whenever, whatever it is, no matter it is doing loss.

Such above changes are greed or human behaviors and technology speed up the process of corruption, data privacy and security to solve it, use it and improve it.

Technology is always depending on the user and it will be. I hope and believe that our computer scientists or scientist from various fields created the control button of technologies. Else, you can imagine the future.

The youth is totally dependent on technology for everything. Even from school. A piece of small information or practical knowledge is not produced by the teachers in the class but by the use of the internet.

Technology is making children older. They are learning and watching the things that were not possible to watch 25 years ago. This is how technology is affecting our youth negatively.

Our youth is ready to fight on social media but unable to run on the road and even cant able to take a bucket of water in the home. But on the internet, he/she is not less than the army. This is positive or negative?

Youth patriotism is well known on the internet and at the same time, some of these people dont care to save water, clean atmosphere, and girls safety.

There are so many positives of technologies. And its technology has increased career opportunities for the youth. Anyone with some sort of skill can start an online business. They can become a programmer, designer and be able to provide services remotely.

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Is Technology Meeting The Needs Of Today’s Workers? – Allwork.Space

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Now more than ever, it is essential that companies meet the needs of employees, especially as more and more people return to the office. Workplace technology directly correlates to productivitymaking updated tech a necessity in every office.

One of the biggest questions companies should be asking themselves: Is our technology meeting the needs of todays workers?

Technology is an essential component of the workplace. However, choosing and implementing a modern solution that benefits both employees and the business can be challenging for company leaders.

A recent survey of 500 C-suite and HR professionals nationwide from OnePoll and Paycom confirmed employees are missing more than three deadlines per month due to HR-related tech mishaps, with data showing nearly 80% of employees get frustrated with outdated technology at work.

The frustration level of employees should be a warning sign to employers struggling to retain talent, said Jennifer Kraszewski, Paycom vice president of human resources. The good news is that the solution is attainable: adopt user-friendly HR technology to stand out from competitors, retain top talent and enhance productivity.

The survey results show employees are more frustrated with workplace technology and processes than leaders realize:

In a Q&A with Kraszewski, she explained how technology in the workplace needs to constantly be keeping up with the times.

Allwork.Space: What role does up-to-date technology play in employee productivity?

Jennifer Kraszewski: Updated technology allows employees to seamlessly manage their payroll, request time off, and take care of their benefitsall aspects of the job from recruitment to retirement. This allows employees to focus on their actual job, increase productivity and be a generally happier employee.

Allwork.Space: What essential technologies should companies be implementing to keep up with modern times?

Jennifer Kraszewski: Nearly 80% of employees get frustrated with outdated technology at work and nearly 70% dont believe their company prioritizes digital transformation, according to a survey conducted by OnePoll.

Employee frustration levels should be a warning sign to employers struggling to retain talent. The good news is that the solution is attainable: Adopt user-friendly HR tech to stand out from competitors, retain top talent and enhance productivity.

Technology must enhance the entire employee life cycle, allow employees to own their own dataall in a single software.

For example, Paycom launched a product last year, Beti, which allows employees to access, view, verify, troubleshoot, and approve their paychecks before payroll runs. The ability to see the details of their check is among the top three most useful aspects employees would like to see in their HR tech, according to OnePoll. Payroll errors can greatly increase employee stress and lead to disengagement.

Allwork.Space: How can having the wrong software in an office contribute to disengagement and miscommunication?

Jennifer Kraszewski: It turns out, outdated technology is contributing lots of stress, causing employees to miss more than three deadlines per month according to OnePoll data, and lose trust in their employers. With the Great Resignation, employers must be firing on all cylinders to retain talent.

Providing employees with technology that frustrates them hurts retention. User-friendly technology keeps employees focused on doing the work they are passionate about and allows them to meet deadlines early. Americans spend hours and hours each day using mobile devices to communicate, order coffee, check bank balances and more.

Once employees get used to having tech that simplifies their work lives in the same way apps simplify their personal lives, they do not want to go backwards. They look for digitally savvy companies when job hunting or choosing to grow in their current workplace.

Allwork.Space: Why should leaders make a conscious investment in leveraging top technologies?

Jennifer Kraszewski: Using the right technology can provide strong ROI. For example, Ernst & Young recently conducted extensive research into the costs associated with common HR-related tasks. Its study concluded that, on average, a single entry of data performed without the aid of the right HR technology costs $4.70 to complete.

The right HR technology can help quantify a businesss return on investment in real time, allowing employers to see the cost savings associated with changes made by employees and to drill down into specific aspects of the software to determine exactly where additional savings can be achieved.

As more businesses realize the power of 100% employee usage of their HR technology, they are seeing returns to their HR department.

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Nina, the mother of an autistic teenager, had never experienced a panic attack until Covid-19 closed her sons school in March 2020. Then they began coming with alarming regularity. Single parenting a disoriented child she couldnt leave unattended meant she had to quit her job and was homebound, with no one to help with necessities like food shopping.

In desperation, Nina (not her real name) called a local clinic, and was lucky to find one with a corps of clinicians, counselors, and social workers using a model of primary care that integrates services to support physical, mental, and social well-being. They rapidly assessed her and her home situation via telehealth, explained and normalized her symptoms, prescribed medication, and gave a warm hand-off to mental health counselors. They also arranged deliveries from community food banks and helped her apply for unemployment benefits. The clinic became her lifeline, giving Nina and her son life-saving physical, mental, and social support through a year of isolation until schools reopened.

For years, many primary care practices have stepped up to address the multiple health crises roiling communities across America a surge in mental illness that behavioral health providers cannot absorb, a rise in addiction, persistent strains on rural health care, and the health effects of social stressors especially for people of color and those with low incomes, or disabilities. Covid exacerbated these interrelated crises. Economic stress contributes to higher rates of anxiety, depression, suicidality, substance abuse, and addiction. As rural hospitals and clinics close, lack of access to trusted health care providers deprives these and other disadvantaged communities of another important layer in the social safety net and increases the risk of poor health and life outcomes. The pandemic has made clearer than ever the vital roles that primary care plays.

The resilience of primary care cannot be taken for granted. Signs abound of the strain on many practices under current financing and payment arrangements. Primary care lost an estimated $15 billion in 2020 and, a year later, fully one-third of practices reported not having recovered financially. As a result, a growing number of once-independent practices have been acquired by hospitals or private equity firms.

But even before the pandemic, primary care was already struggling under fee-for-service systems. A clinical team needs time to provide psychological support, understand a persons social context, and tailor outreach to appropriate community groups and agencies to truly solve a patients problem. Taking time to fully understand a patients problems and tailoring actions to solve those problems are lumpy and unpredictable demands in a clinicians day that are antithetical to fee-for-service payment. Americas reliance on primary care and expectations for it keep growing, but the countrys investment in it has not kept up.

A meaningful step forward would be to empower primary care with flexible, adequate payments and technology so all practices can integrate physical, mental, and social supports, and partner with other service sectors. The integrated model of care that Nina was fortunate enough to find is not widely available, precisely because current payment structures and chronic underpayment for primary care create insurmountable barriers to incorporating behavioral health and social supports for most practices. Federally qualified health centers that can offer integrated care often rely on cost-based reimbursement to build this infrastructure. The Veterans Administrations whole health model similarly relies on predictable annual budgets and salaried staff. Paying for collaborative psychiatric care, as Medicare is now doing, is a start. A better way would be to convert a substantial portion of primary care payment to periodic and predictable lump sum payments. That would free practices from chasing more visits and more billings and allow them to focus on the patients in front of them.

A multi-disciplinary team, telehealth, e-consults, home-monitoring tools, connections to and relationships with community-based service partners, and peer-to-peer support from specialist colleagues can form a chassis that gives primary care providers the resources and capabilities they need. But few practices, especially those serving rural or minority or low-income communities, can afford to make these investments on their own. National investment in teams and tools, whether from public or private insurers, could be a much more effective expenditure than paying for the downstream costs and health burdens of neglecting to provide truly whole-person care.

It is possible to rebuild this necessary backbone of the U.S. health care system with a combination of these up-front investments and then offering primary care providers a sustainable business model through value-based payment programs that have already shown success by rewarding high quality and contained spending.

Based on experience in other countries and comparisons of different U.S. communities, investments in primary care would pay for themselves over time in reduced total health care spending from fewer specialty and hospital services, and reduced health burdens that lead to lost work productivity and lost years of life. A broad and growing coalition of stakeholders is coming together to advance a policy agenda for reforming primary care payment, based on recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Rural providers, mental health advocates, safety net clinics and health systems, primary care practices, payers, employers, and consumer advocates all understand that they cannot afford not to act. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has offered various pilot payment programs for primary care, but none with the duration or degree of investment recommended by NASEM that can be scaled across the country.

The Biden administration and Congress should support what the evidence shows: primary care is the only part of the U.S. health care system that, with additional investment, will improve population health across all communities.

Hoangmai Pham is the president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Exceptional Care and former chief innovation officer for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Michael O. Leavitt is the founder and chair of the Board of Managers for Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company, and cochair of HMA. He is also the former governor of Utah, and former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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