An algorithm ?

[The emperor has no clothes]

My wife makes assumptions. And I'm a nearly flawless human being.

I haven't had a regular doctor in 15 or 16 years. I've been pretty lucky in life with health. Nearly all of my doctor and hospital visits have been due to injuries. No prescription medication all my life. Even with this history I let my wife make me an appointment. Sometimes I think she projects her health record and is envious of my superior dna. Today was the appointment. Evidently they do things differently these days. The first visit is not a check up, but just a get to know you and shake your hand. For $265, of course. During this "get to know you" visit, I find out there will be a questionnaire filled out during the follow up to the get to know you. My new doctor is young 30 something young lady. She seems to be very curious and inquisitive. One of the benefits of being 65 versus 30 something is that personal questions about pee strength, virility, butthole exams are taken with a whole lot less pride. But, I find it odd that the government wants to know my seatbelt tendencies ? Then I got to thinking. We are all just boiled down to an algorithm. Every entity has us in their matrix. It's not just Netflix and Amazon, but everybody. My 65 years are being distilled into an algorithm.
I'm contemplating throwing them off. If I change my answer of caffeine intake from 12 cups a day to 0, change my alcohol intake to an 18 pack per day, 3 packs of Camel unfiltered, I believe I can throw them off the trail. Wish me luck. 

[Hook#3287]

You might do better to state your alcohol intake as "a 30 pack of bud and 6 shots of fireballs daily"

Kinda hard to drink camels.

Not sure why they need a "meet and greet" first appointment except as a money grab, they could do that invasive crap and give you the once over also.

Did she ask if you had firearms at home?  That happened once to me, which I ignored, but maybe they stopped that type of questioning.

A yearly check isn't a bad thing, early detection saves.

[NewValker]

My primary retired a couple years ago, now I got a Doogie Houser, looks like he's 12 years old.
First appt. with him he asked if I had firearms in my home. I informed him that's none of his or anybody else's business. He replied ok, understand and it's never come up again. Turns out I like him just fine, knows his crap.
Like Hook says, early detection is a good thing!

Craig

[Avanti]

Wait until your doctor of 10 years is afraid to be in the same room and no longer wants to see you, that will make a change to the algorithm.