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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 01, 2021, 03:58:33 pm ---A few people were doing that on Facebook. Mine was "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a vampire in possession of sharp fangs must be in want of a neck."
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:D :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
After reading the two longish letters from the two main people featured in the Sept. 27 article, "The Damage Done" about long COVID, I decided maybe I should go back and read it again. Upon doing so, I had the same reaction as the first time: it is a balanced account of the growth of the patient advocate role in health giving. The letter writers seem to think the author was wrong in including any reference to other opinions. But, maybe the story shouldn't have been assigned to a practicing physician, Dhruv Khullar, to avoid any possible perception of bias. What do you all think?
I'm delving into the book review for The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, which is coming out soon. By David Wengrow and David Graeber, who sadly died last year at the age of 59, it is in the vein of Sapiens, chronicling the decline of civilization from migratory hunting/gathering into agriculture and bureaucracy. I already read a review of it in The Atlantic.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 04, 2021, 11:38:12 am ---After reading the two longish letters from the two main people featured in the Sept. 27 article, "The Damage Done" about long COVID, I decided maybe I should go back and read it again. Upon doing so, I had the same reaction as the first time: it is a balanced account of the growth of the patient advocate role in health giving. The letter writers seem to think the author was wrong in including any reference to other opinions. But, maybe the story shouldn't have been assigned to a practicing physician, Dhruv Khullar, to avoid any possible perception of bias. What do you all think?
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Well, I haven't read any of the above but they have practicing physicians write about medical issues all the time. Atul Gawande and that other guy (Jerome?). Most likely in a situation like that, the writer pitched it to them rather than the other way around. But -- again without having seen it -- of course the article should reference other opinions, unless I'm not understanding the particular circumstances of this article.
--- Quote ---I'm delving into the book review for The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, which is coming out soon. By David Wengrow and David Graeber, who sadly died last year at the age of 59, it is in the vein of Sapiens, chronicling the decline of civilization from migratory hunting/gathering into agriculture and bureaucracy. I already read a review of it in The Atlantic.
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I read the Atlantic one and the NYT one, both very enticing. I'm about 3/4 of the way through Harari's Sapiens (it's really long and I read slow). I've seen it be presented as discrediting Sapiens but someone on FB says it's more about adding layers than sweeping away the whole perspective. I hope so!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 04, 2021, 08:38:08 pm ---Well, I haven't read any of the above but they have practicing physicians write about medical issues all the time. Atul Gawande and that other guy (Jerome?).
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Groopman
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 04, 2021, 10:20:10 pm ---Groopman
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Oh right, belated thanks!
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