Accepting all the valid views and experiences shared here.

But also recalling, things just like this were said of the ‘Slacker Generation’ in the 90s. Bougie coffee drinking takeaway binging spendthrifts! Kids these days! Then the baton passed to the avocado toast mortgagees. Now we are here.

In the spirit of Machiavelli ‘The Prince’: “There is nothing more necessary than to appear” to be religious… Similarly, he advises how important it is for the weak to make a public display of allegiance to those perceived as more powerful, in times of uncertainty or conflict…

I love the high symbolism of good storytelling, poetry, art & dreams. We had millennia of such symbolism in our species. Although lately I worry about a little cohort of people whose symbol-circuitry might be malfunctioning. When stories carefully crafted with beautiful symbols are taken literally?

That speech: “we are not the past. We are not traditions. We are what we do next”.

It’s us. They’re all of us.

*sighs* it shouldn’t have been contentious, but there you go.

Q: is it his job
A: no

*shrugs*

This administrative burden is true even in ideal scenarios. Every person ever involved in my healthcare, Drs, admin, insurers, has been great & I have felt well supported. But - these extra admin reqs would be excessive even for healthy ppl. It is a terrible trial when unwell.

You guys, the rhetoric in this thread is unbelievable. You all pay attention to Zuck now, because NOW you have a president you don't like?

Zuck LITERALLY asked congress TO THEIR FACES to REGULATE social media.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihu0...

Good with money and business?
Three bankrupt casinos?
Liked the way he talked?
Being laughed at in the UN assembly? 🤦🏻‍♀️

We’re dealing not just with alternative facts, but alternative realities.

news.temple.edu/news/2016-10...

I can see he has Goodreads selections for chronic back pain management, too. Can relate. Fusion & hardware in the same position, with additional revision surgery as well. But I’m in Australia, dealing with a different kind of health industry. He’s clearly at the end of his tether.