Something that is resilient isn’t the actual opposite of fragile — it isn’t made better when shaken — it’s just able to withstand being shaken.
Tag: healthcare
We’re living in a time of fast-paced change. Sure. But, I think people have been saying that since the Enlightenment. Maybe it’s the one thing that’s remained constant. But maybe it’s not. Some things have certainly remained the same.
Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
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It’s the middle ground between light and shadow, between medical science and stupidity, and it lies between the pit of man's desires and the summit of his bank account. This is the dimension of disintegration. It’s an area which we call the Indictment Zone.
We’re all aware of the push for greater efficiency in healthcare. Unfortunately, doing the absolute wrong thing the right way is incredibly efficient.
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We were talking about the people that we had separately observed at concerts who, instead of actually watching the concert, were filming the concert on their phones. In essence, they weren’t watching the concert live, they were watching a video screen of the concert.
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What appears to the unknowing and unsuspecting to be a normal day-to-day business transaction is really something quite different.
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We’re all aware of the push for greater efficiency in healthcare. Unfortunately, doing the absolute wrong thing the right way is incredibly efficient.
In the book Antifragile, author Nassim Taleb points out that there’s no word that describes the opposite of fragile.
