Smells like Theranos 2.0 to me. The issue with tech people is that they are so far outside of the real-world thought process and feelings. Full of grandiose ideas that fall short of delivering on the expectation and PR hype.
You are right of course but I object to a 22 year old psychology student being characterized as a tech person. At best he's a Musk imitator. The problem isn't with tech people, it's with the sleazeballs using us for cover.
With his arrogant “we’re engineers let’s disrupt everything we don’t understand” attitude, he should really apply to Ycombinator. If not, I’m sure mrs bannister or peter thiel would fund him.
Making the point again that this is not an engineer but a 22-year old psych student.
Smells like Theranos 2.0 to me. The issue with tech people is that they are so far outside of the real-world thought process and feelings. Full of grandiose ideas that fall short of delivering on the expectation and PR hype.
You are right of course but I object to a 22 year old psychology student being characterized as a tech person. At best he's a Musk imitator. The problem isn't with tech people, it's with the sleazeballs using us for cover.
I can’t believe your system allows for something like this to happen.
A private organisation run by non-doctors and non-nurses allowed to administer vaccines? WTF?
Maybe this is cultural difference between the UK and the US but who the hell thinks it's ok to be blatantly profiting from a vaccine rollout? Particularly when the vaccine is being provided for free by government. Covering costs is over thing, blatant profiteering is disgusting.
Even the expensive COVID vaccines are an absolute bargain compared to all the costs associated with not having them (economic, social, health, geopolitical...). The EU has just created a huge problem for themselves (which will result in extra people dying) by insisting on paying 2 dollars per dose for the AZ vaccine instead of 3 dollars or whatever. If you do the maths on that, it’s hard to find a rational or humane…
My understanding is, that the Universit of Oxford insisted on the non-profit model as part of their IP-liscensing agreement with AZ. So same prizes for everyone as far as AZ is concerned. The EU plan is to buy more than needed and share it with other ountries in need. There are even contractual stipulations in the AZ-EU contract covering that.
Him taking vaccines home to vaccinate his girlfriend should be its own article, discussing exactly what happened. We’ve already seen in a dozen cities what happens if there are thawed vaccines that day: use them. The rest doesn't seem different enough from whats happening everywhere to really warrant Farley’s PR campaign here to prevent his resignation. Everywhere has bungled scheduling errors or vaccines logistics l…
What a great comment! The approach is very Musk top-to-bottom. You win by being the lightning rod.
...'his company didn't think like a traditional medical institution. "We're engineers, we're scientists, computer scientists, we're cybersecurity nerds. We think a little differently than people in health care do." "We took the entire model and just threw it out the window," Doroshin added. "We said to hell with all of that. We're going to completely build on a new model...' These kinds of statements from founders sh…
From the wiki: "Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood." Ok great. "The quotation is from Chesterton's 1929 book, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic" So, Catholicism?
Well, do they abide to Chesterton's fence by themselves? [1]
Smells like Theranos 2.0 to me. The issue with tech people is that they are so far outside of the real-world thought process and feelings. Full of grandiose ideas that fall short of delivering on the expectation and PR hype.
You are right of course but I object to a 22 year old psychology student being characterized as a tech person. At best he's a Musk imitator. The problem isn't with tech people, it's with the sleazeballs using us for cover.
Everything and everyone gets slapped with the term 'tech'. Airbnb is considered a tech company, Casper the mattress company is considered a tech company or at least they act like tech companies. But listings and mattresses have been around for years it's just now 'tech' adds more VC funding.
The running joke is that AI actually stands for Anonymous Indian's rather than the tech we wish it to be.
From the wiki: "Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood." Ok great. "The quotation is from Chesterton's 1929 book, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic" So, Catholicism?
...'his company didn't think like a traditional medical institution. "We're engineers, we're scientists, computer scientists, we're cybersecurity nerds. We think a little differently than people in health care do." "We took the entire model and just threw it out the window," Doroshin added. "We said to hell with all of that. We're going to completely build on a new model...' These kinds of statements from founders sh…
From the wiki: "Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood." Ok great. "The quotation is from Chesterton's 1929 book, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic" So, Catholicism?
I mean, yes, it was part of Chesterton's defence of Catholicism,; more specifically it was the opening to his defence of the traditional nuclear family. But it's recognised more widely for espousing a (or the) basic principle of conservatism: don't try to fix things until you know if they're actually broken or not
Reads like a disaster in a loop. > Doroshin told NBC's "Today" show that his company didn't think like a traditional medical institution. "We're engineers, we're scientists, computer scientists, we're cybersecurity nerds. We think a little differently than people in health care do." > "We took the entire model and just threw it out the window," Doroshin added. "We said to hell with all of that. We're going to complet…
A degree of hubris, yes. An irreverence, certainly. It is necessary to not operate within the intellectual framework of a field in order to revolutionize it. Incrementally modifying the framework is extremely difficult because there are usually networks of reinforcement of the current structure (or it wouldn’t be stable..) so a non-incremental “jump” is required to climb a different hill. This jump is mythologized as…
> It is necessary to not operate within the intellectual framework of a field in order to revolutionize it.
I would argue it probably is necessary to know what the intellectual framework of a field is though