Science and Medicine
“When kids look up to great scientists the way they do musicians, actors [and sports figures], civilization will jump to the next level.” – Brian Greene
From The Lancet — Healthcare in the USA: Money Has Become the Mission.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01669-1/fulltext
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” - Eden Phillpotts
Heck yeah!
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
kottke.org
The broad mission of public health is to “fulfill society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.” (p. 1)
CPH MPHTM MD Terry Dwelle • Introduction to Public Health: Promises and Practices
The health of the human body is ultimately dependent on the health of habitat and community. And yet, this connection is almost universally ignored in modern health disciplines where biomedical reductionism rules the day. Human health and environmental preservation are treated as entirely different fields, with miles of empty space between them.