tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426046247837935048.post6101896802432176429..comments2023-08-07T07:01:01.645-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Health Systems: Pharmaceutical FiascoTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08223993198275363812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426046247837935048.post-74551362175644540702010-12-22T13:35:24.481-08:002010-12-22T13:35:24.481-08:00Hi Anonymous-
Really excellent commentary! You dr...Hi Anonymous-<br /><br />Really excellent commentary! You draw the perfect parallel to the financial sector- how the products went from serving a need to serving themselves. <br /><br />I've been reading the book "Mistakes were made: but not by me",and it is the most insightful psychology book I've ever read. It explains the subject of cognitive dissonance and how people make a series of small self-justifications that can eventually lead them to making clearly wrong or unethical decisions- Extremely interesting and 100% applicable to health, nutrition, finance, etc.<br /><br />I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this issue, If you'd like to write a guest commentary on the blog, send me an email at simmons.tyler@gmail.com.<br /><br />TylerTylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223993198275363812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1426046247837935048.post-15811169792000213032010-12-22T04:05:54.988-08:002010-12-22T04:05:54.988-08:00Excellent stuff. Thanks for this post, it made my ...Excellent stuff. Thanks for this post, it made my morning!<br /><br />I do hate Big Pharma with a passion, however, I agree that medication can be beneficial applied properly.<br /><br />I often think of BP as a bit similar to Big Finance - financial products, instead of serving the needs of the real economy were (still are) being produced for their own sake. However, the conspiratorial angle here should be understood as a secondary/derivative feature.<br /><br />Primarily, what we have is an example of the way profit making enterprises can go from serving the needs of their clients to producing products and selling them for their own sake. <br /><br />Opinions and 'science' that keep profits happy thrive, while those that do not die out - this process can be an unconscious one, at least to begin with, evolving over time to produce some nasty structures and feedback mechanisms, with a logic and dynamic of their own. Out of this, a consciousness of self-interest can develop. At the later stages, evil, pure evil, can result (highlighted well with the examples from Pfizer that you provide).<br /><br />Anyway, we don't need a pharmaceuticals (and for that matter, insurance) *industry* - we need a real health service!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com