The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/minority-rule/ Unlike a democracy, where people vote, it does not take a majority or supermajority to legally make a change…changing the conversation or changing someone’s mind has much lower requirements. Charles Tadros, M.D. Saint Louis, Missouri June 2021
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My text to a young friend about how so many of us end up trapped in the tyranny of work, by…
making enough money just to keep us working, but too busy to lift up our heads to see what’s happening around us, what is happening to us, or where we’re going. Charles Tadros, M.D. May 25, 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri
Youths…
many young people have a purpose, the energy, and a sense of urgency needed to change the world. Charles Tadros, M.D. May 25, 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri
Our children are “on loan” to us parents (and to other adults) so that we can teach, protect, and provide for them until they’re able to take over these responsibilities.
It’s a common assumption, and a misconception, that if we adults donate to our children so much of our lives…our love, time, energy, and money, that we somehow “own” more of our kids, or we have dibs on what they will eventually produce. We do not. Some of us even will assume that our childrenContinue reading “Our children are “on loan” to us parents (and to other adults) so that we can teach, protect, and provide for them until they’re able to take over these responsibilities.”
Once our kids are old enough to hit the ground walking and running, we parents are relegated to corralling and herding for the rest of our lives.
Charles Tadros, M.D. May 20, 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri
We are educated and trained to be right.
We practice this, and we get good at it.
This why it’s so hard for us to accept any situation when we’re told that we are wrong.
Charles Tadros, M.D. April 18, 2024 Saint Louis, Missouri
Have someone hold your hand when stepping into therapeutic, and life-expanding discomfort…
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrEyGqRsn6j/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== Charles Tadros, M.D. April 18, 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri
We are running helter skelter toward fantastic opportunities with artificial intelligence. I have stopped looking at future potentials, as well as future hazards, with yesterday’s mind.
Absolutely, humans can and will adapt… it’s just that many humans cannot adapt fast enough.
This is where organizations, governments and societies step in to support and protect the most vulnerable.
I, for one, am very fortunate that I do not need any such support or protection.
I suspect that many of you see yourselves the same way, too.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zainkahn_the-death-of-google-and-search-is-near-activity-7064572663620415489-9NwM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android Charles Tadros, M.D. May 18, 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri
For years, these insurance premiums became my/ my family’s biggest single category expense…
Term life insurance policy (2 policies) Whole life insurance policy Medical/healthcare insurance (4 members) Vision care insurance (4 members) Dental health insurance (4 members) Motor vehicle insurance (4 cars…dang kids) Homeowner’s insurance Personal articles policy Umbrella insurance policy Medical malpractice insurance Disability Insurance Business overhead insurance Business interruption insurance Trip insurance Reinsurance (yep, I didn’tContinue reading “For years, these insurance premiums became my/ my family’s biggest single category expense…”
Absolute failings of the United States mental health system…
From the New York Times February 22, 2022. The ‘Nation’s Psychiatrist’ Takes Stock, With FrustrationIn a new book, Thomas Insel, who led research into psychiatric disease for 13 years, says that advances in neuroscience have yet to benefit patients. Credit…Carolyn Fong for The New York TimesEllen BarryBy Ellen BarryFeb. 22, 2022 A new book byContinue reading “Absolute failings of the United States mental health system…”