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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Physicians have a shockingly high proportion of engagement with this insanity.

I have a relative who's a faculty member of a med school. They have to accept this crap for the grant funding.

The rest of the med community accept whatever comes out of the ivory tower.

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I had a conversation about a month ago with a physician in a social setting, and she was a true believer. She honestly viewed all the surgery and the procedures to be the "compassionate" thing to do with physically healthy but unhappy people. "First Do No Harm" seems to have no place any more in the minds of people like this doctor.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They did away with the Hippocratic oath in some schools.

[–]EddieC 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The top-down, hierarchical, Pyramidal, Corporate Paradigm
permeates all cultures and institutions:
religious, political, economic, academic, medical, media, social media..
to dominate people's minds and conversations, to usurp all.
 
Here's a proposal for focus -- so as to not be usurped.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The proposals are reasonable, but the overwhelming majority are accustomed to the top down structure.

They're comfortable with their servitude.

What's the catalyst that will get them out of their comfort zone?

[–]EddieC 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"If you build it, (you increase the odds that) they will come"
If you don't build it, the odds that they will come: 0
 

In any case, the proposed Focus Algorithm is meant for people seeking change.