[laser]

Pulse is central to traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda) [1]. Will be interesting to see what the science finds, although I wouldn’t personally volunteer to have a pumpless-heart. Sounds likely to have unintended consequences as you suggest.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890095/

[sokoloff]

People aren’t “volunteering” for this in any meaningful way. Their next-best option is pretty terrible.