for thinking people
May 1, 2018
The very first article of this blog talked about writing. In particular, it talked about the deterioration of writing skills as a result of humanity being preoccupied with superficial things. Of course, this has been a theme echoing through future articles as well. To name just a couple, remember my article on mediocrity and the one on having too few readers and too many (mediocre) writers.
April 24, 2018
Just like success, the nature of ambition is misunderstood. In our material world, it mostly has to do with money and material possessions. Most people would define ambition as the drive to be successful. And in this limiting outlook, this invariably connotes material wealth. In other words, most people would understand ambition as the desire to get rich (or die tryin’). My reference to these… “lyrics” is not accidental, as we shall see in a while.
March 25, 2018
In an older article, talking about the definition of success, I’d talked about the obsession we have with measuring. Your camera is this many megapixels, while your stereo system is this many megawatts. A tablet has this much memory, while the computer has this much storage capacity. All these are good and nice, until we confuse measurement with quality. Today I want to talk about public healthcare value.
Inspiration for this article came after I noticed something peculiar: Google allows ratings for public hospitals, as if they were books, cinemas or restaurants. That, in my opinion, is bizarre to say the least. Moreover, it is plagued with aspects of ideology – far exceeding the scope of this article, but you know, food for thought…
