"Physicians who criticized the proposal to ground therapeutics in bacteriology especially feared that domination by theory would oversimplify practice...the complexity of clinical phenomena and the exercise of judgment could not be bypassed by bacteriological reductionism." - John Warner, The Therapeutic Perspective - Medical Practice, Knowledge and Identity in America 1820-1885 We are living in a …
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Not the Full Picture
A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost. He says he lost his keys and they both look under the streetlight together. After a few minutes the policeman asks if he is sure he lost them here, and the drunk replies, no, that he …
Are We Killing the Goose?
One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second …
Understanding Hearts
Heavenly thoughts drizzle steadily, impartially, cascading through stony hearts, puddling in fleshy ones. Droplets of light, Seeds of perfection− Yearn to fall upon Understanding hearts.
What Future?
What future do you prepare yourself for? The future that everyone is expecting? More of the same? Or perhaps a radically new vision for how life could be were you to look at the matter differently? The people who have made the most significant contributions to humanity are typically those who found a way to …
Fun at Work
Of all the companies I've started or participated in over the years, I can say that fun is, without a doubt, at the core of of how I do business. Without it, business, and life for that matter, are drudgery. What's the point of merely existing when you can live vibrantly, passionately, dynamically? People tend …
Just one generation…
My sons asked me why television ads make toys look so much more interesting than they really are in "real life." It took me a minute to consolidate my thoughts on marketing, consumer psychology and how the two collide in advertising, but in the end I think they developed a better understanding of how businesses …
The Reverent Frame
Nature is a marvelous thing, really. She carries herself with dignity, no matter how mistreated, misunderstood or exploited she is by her custodians. Her ability to keep "the reverent frame with which her years began" despite an intensifying pattern of desecration is astonishing. If there is anything we should be thankful for individually and as …
A Divine Image
A Divine Image by Gregg Hake (An adaptation of William Blake's poem of the same name) Charity has a Human Heart, And kindliness a Human Face. Beauty the Human Form Divine And radiance, the Human Dress. The Human Dress, is Glory beamed, The Human Form, Spirit's prism. The Human Face, Heaven's likeness, The Human Heart, …
Happy to Receive
This flip side of yesterday's post, of course, is the matter of receiving graciously. My sons were surprised the other day by a toll booth attendant who noticed them in the back seat of the car as we made our way from Naples to Palm Beach via Alligator Alley. She saw them, lit up and …
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