for thinking people
September 12, 2018
Some months ago I wrote an article about the value of public healthcare. I mentioned how “it’s the taxes, stupid” that pay for it. That is, for things you – yes, you! – could need one day. It’s too “socialist” to do that, though, yes! And so, since states don’t take care of their people, we have crowdfunding. People feel much better about crowdfunding vs paying taxes, which is baffling, as we will see in this article.
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…
