Eric Maugendre on collectives
On #pitching:
"Everything depended on convincing the right people that we were capable of presenting the proper symbolic representations, so we could get continued funding for our operations and improve our symbolic representations in the hopes of finally being able to get more sales at the now much higher price pt that was necessary in order to deliver the symbolic representation of our prodct, without which our prodct would never get to help anyone, as well as also deliver the actual product."
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Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesJul 5, 2024

Zvi #Mowshowitz on "The Thing and the Symbolic Representation of The Thing":

"[E]veryone involved [is] afraid of being sued (far beyond the statistical danger of actually being sued) every time they deviate from the standard of care."

https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/the-thing-and-the-symbolic-representation-of-the-thing/ #TheZvi cited by Carey Lening

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The Thing and the Symbolic Representation of The Thing

Let’s assume there is a thing that all would agree is, in context, a Good Thing(tm) that someone in your situation would want. Do you want the thing, or do you want the symbolic representatio…

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Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesMar 30, 2025

"America’s litigation culture fuels defensive medicine, inflates costs, and distorts clinical care. It also reinforces a transactional relationship with patients. People spend enormous sums on American healthcare, so they expect results."

"In Canada, […] doctors aren’t acting out of fear. And the decisions we make feel more genuinely collaborative. As a result, interactions with patients are less adversarial."

https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i-traded-my-u-s-medical-career-for-life-in-canada-heres-how-the-two-health-systems-stack-up via @brainwane 🧵

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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…

The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.

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Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesMar 18

Carey Lening @privacat wrote about #privacy:

"It's really very simple: The current approach most of us have towards data protection and privacy does not motivate anyone towards positive action that meaningfully protects data or privacy. Instead, we're encouraged to spend cycles on pointless privacy theatrics, so that we can signal to others and ourselves how much we all care about privacy."

https://insights.priva.cat/p/beyond-privacy-theatre-or-why-our-laws-mean-we-cant-have-nice-things

Beyond Privacy Theatre, Or Why Our Laws Mean We Can’t Have Nice Things

Over the past year or so, I've been struggling to articulate exactly why the practice of data protection has frequently felt like a defeatist slog. A few days ago, I read an amazing piece by Zvi Mowshowitz, and it helped to define a form for all the thoug

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Show threadBilly SmithOct 3, 2024

@eric

This has always been a thing.

Look at the Potemkin Villages, and then remember that there were regiments in France in the 1600's, that consisted of vagabonds who were hired for the day of the King's Inspections.

This is the private sector versions: Potemkin Companies.