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Very glad to see this on Hacker News. I had the fortune to meet her, as my dad was the architect of the new expanded hospital that opened in 1999. Amazing woman. Sydney Morning Herald obituary here : https://www.smh.com.au/national/gynaecologist-named-a-nation...
To find such a clear North Star in your life, and then fully commit to it, in a totally foreign culture no less, and to know your work has literally life changing impact on others overlooked by society, must feel amazing.
For those who wouldn't click the URL, I just want to state that the good doctor died at 96 possibly due to old age related complications and this story has nothing to do with COVID-19.
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Thank you for saving many clicks! Pandemics are a great excuse for clickbaits!
How is the title clickbait?
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How is the title clickbait?
TBH, right now any death reported in the news is equated as a result of COVID19. At least I equate it so. Hence, it is a clickbait from my POV.
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> Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. Stories like these are exactly that - stories. Nobody is a saint. Not in this world. People said the same thing about mother teresa and she turned out to be an awful person who enjoyed seeing the suffering of others. Gandhi? MLK? [insert any name of a media's "saint"]. Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sai…
It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster nor does it follow that since some people have been portrayed inaccurately that she was. >The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site. This is fetishizing following different biases as being an individualist. If the mainstream press reports…
It does not follow because you just built up a straw man. I didn't say she is a monster, I just said nobody is a saint.
"Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit."
> If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis.
In this case, it's the media who is saying it's 17. As I pointed out, every "saint" created by the media propaganda has been shown to be far from it. From gandhi to mlk to even lincoln, hitler, mao, you get the idea.
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Yes, information has a role everywhere, but the article only mentions a telegram and "nobody knows about these women". What did I miss?
First example: But the Hamlins knew it was both fixable and preventable - as they told Ethiopia's then ruler, Haile Selassie. "He said, why do my women get this terrible thing where they can’t control their body waste?" Dr Hamlin told the BBC. "We said, it is nothing to do with your women, it is to do with your lack of doctors in the countryside when they need to have a Caesarian section." Second example: But the Ham…
1. Ethiopia's ruler needed someone credible to tell him.
2. Training a surgeon is about skill and knowledge, more than information.
3. How is opening a "College of Midwives" about information, except in the general sense that education involves information?
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It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster nor does it follow that since some people have been portrayed inaccurately that she was. >The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site. This is fetishizing following different biases as being an individualist. If the mainstream press reports…
> It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster It does not follow because you just built up a straw man. I didn't say she is a monster, I just said nobody is a saint. "Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit." > If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis. In this…
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> It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster It does not follow because you just built up a straw man. I didn't say she is a monster, I just said nobody is a saint. "Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit." > If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis. In this…
This is shallow analysis that adds little to the discussion.
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First example: But the Hamlins knew it was both fixable and preventable - as they told Ethiopia's then ruler, Haile Selassie. "He said, why do my women get this terrible thing where they can’t control their body waste?" Dr Hamlin told the BBC. "We said, it is nothing to do with your women, it is to do with your lack of doctors in the countryside when they need to have a Caesarian section." Second example: But the Ham…
Thanks for your detailed reply. As I said, information has a role in everything, but I don't think these examples are especially about information, in the sense of an IT-worker. 1. Ethiopia's ruler needed someone credible to tell him. 2. Training a surgeon is about skill and knowledge, more than information. 3. How is opening a "College of Midwives" about information, except in the general sense that education involv…