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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
They don't really want you informed - they want you frantic.
The issue cannot be the media, unless they are lying. The issue has to be with people who don't want to be informed, but desire to be frantic.
Yeah - I just don't agree with this thinking. If the media wasn't there reporting these things, I don't think people would be frantic about so many things people are frantic about. Instead they would (Maybe) be paying more attention to things closer to home (their home). i.e. hearing from neighbors, etc that little john was shot, and little suzy was shot, etc. As they hear about more and more they might grow to be concerned...
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
If the media wasn't there reporting these things, I don't think people would be frantic about so many things people are frantic about.
But if people were reaction to reality instead of meaningless information tidbits, then it wouldn't matter. Bottom line, agree or not, the FACT is that the media isn't lying, the people are lying to themselves. Sure, the media takes advantage of that by not beating them over the head with reality, but that is neither the media's fault nor responsibility. It's impossible for true information to cause this problem, it can only happen when people WANT to be misinformed and inject their own false information into the mix.
Does the media take advantage? Of course. But it is not possible for media, reporting actual facts, to be the problem. The truth isn't the source of the hysteria, the lies are. And the lies come from the people.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
Again, yes, BUT the ONLY people who can choose to act like cattle are the cattle themselves. No one can make others behave like a herd. it's a choice made only by the herd members.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
Again, yes, BUT the ONLY people who can choose to act like cattle are the cattle themselves. No one can make others behave like a herd. it's a choice made only by the herd members.
I personally believe it's a human condition. It makes us function as a society better. If we were all more like you (Scott Allan Miller) - and had differing opinions, we'd likely be stuck in a major grid lock with nothing ever getting done.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
Again, yes, BUT the ONLY people who can choose to act like cattle are the cattle themselves. No one can make others behave like a herd. it's a choice made only by the herd members.
I personally believe it's a human condition. It makes us function as a society better. If we were all more like you (Scott Allan Miller) - and had differing opinions, we'd likely be stuck in a major grid lock with nothing ever getting done.
Why is bad decision making and herd control better than grid lock over good decision making?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
Again, yes, BUT the ONLY people who can choose to act like cattle are the cattle themselves. No one can make others behave like a herd. it's a choice made only by the herd members.
I personally believe it's a human condition. It makes us function as a society better. If we were all more like you (Scott Allan Miller) - and had differing opinions, we'd likely be stuck in a major grid lock with nothing ever getting done.
Why is bad decision making and herd control better than grid lock over good decision making?
Well, as a society, the few leaders who get out ahead of the herd actually make it move, perhaps not a great or even good direction, but at least it's not grid lock, i.e. nothing happening. Corrections can be made to something that's moving. If you're in full grid lock, what's to break that to allow actual movement?
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Instead we have herd mentality - maybe that's what you mean by they want it - they have herd mentality - they don't want to think for themselves beyond their own personal little desires.
Again, yes, BUT the ONLY people who can choose to act like cattle are the cattle themselves. No one can make others behave like a herd. it's a choice made only by the herd members.
I personally believe it's a human condition. It makes us function as a society better. If we were all more like you (Scott Allan Miller) - and had differing opinions, we'd likely be stuck in a major grid lock with nothing ever getting done.
Why is bad decision making and herd control better than grid lock over good decision making?
Well, as a society, the few leaders who get out ahead of the herd actually make it move, perhaps not a great or even good direction, but at least it's not grid lock, i.e. nothing happening. Corrections can be made to something that's moving. If you're in full grid lock, what's to break that to allow actual movement?
Logic, discussion, common goals, leadership.
Herd isn't the opposite of gridlock, just look at traffic.
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Really interesting stuff.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html
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Another Trump appointee caught stealing millions of dollars.
This brings the # of Trump appointees getting arrested or fired for thievery up to over a dozen.
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Doctor goes after medical corruption in North Carolina where a law exists to ensure that the cost of MRIs stays artificially high and that only hospitals can have them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Doctor goes after medical corruption in North Carolina where a law exists to ensure that the cost of MRIs stays artificially high and that only hospitals can have them.
This is fantastic! Someone who actually wants to give back.
I love this statement
@article
“If I wanted to just have money, I didn’t have to do all this stuff,” he said. “Do I want to make money? Absolutely. But I didn’t open this imaging center to buy a Lamborghini.”
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Doctor goes after medical corruption in North Carolina where a law exists to ensure that the cost of MRIs stays artificially high and that only hospitals can have them.
This is fantastic! Someone who actually wants to give back.
I love this statement
@article
“If I wanted to just have money, I didn’t have to do all this stuff,” he said. “Do I want to make money? Absolutely. But I didn’t open this imaging center to buy a Lamborghini.”
I'm also glad to hear he's resisted selling the imaging center. I'm sure it's some hospitals that want to jack the prices back up!
And people wonder why we have a medical issue here.
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The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
