Dr. Bob has changed gears. He just posted: “The Maze - Part 7, Is There an Exit? - Part I.”

Dr. Bob says:

A house built on sand cannot stand–and the mansion of American medicine, still rich in grand gables and ornate glass, is sagging from a rotting foundation, swaybacked from footings set on unsteady soil. The termites eroding its timbers are many, rooted in men’s souls as much as in Senate halls. We demand the finest care for ourselves, sparing no expense to others. We demand perfection of those capable only of imperfection. We hide behind our terror of death, unspoken yet unrelenting, seeking false hope in technology and technique against that dark looming fortress which stands unbending against our extravagant but ultimately fruitless endeavors. We pass law upon law and regulation upon regulation, engorging a byzantine monster so immense it can no longer ambulate–yet still we feed the beast, hoping against hope it may someday become the chrysalis which will carry us to a better world. It will not, and can not, for it has not the wherewithall to do that which is most needed: its own dismantling.

Dr. Bob continues his excellent series … and promises to share his ideas on beginning to take the kinks out our “byzantine monster” of a maze …

Here are links to the earlier posts in the series:

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