Wouldn't there be an implied consent to routine data collection during a physician visit? A clinician may also make notes on patient appearance or mannerisms that they feel may be relevant to the diagnostic process, not to mention non-invasive tests based on touch.
"Deadlines are always arbitrary. Deadlines are a tool used by managers to control costs. That is their only purpose. Often, managers try to justify deadlines by citing other dependent deadlines, but those deadlines are always just as arbitrary."
- Alan Cooper
Chris Voss' book "Never Split the Difference" goes into this.
He posits that bad deals come from people being strict about artificial deadlines... and it's better to have no deal than a rushed deal. Try it next time someone tells you there's a hard deadline... just tell them you'll deliver when it's done.
Not trying to be facetious here: I'd love to have this level of freedom from deadlines, but the grim reality is that it'll remain fantasy for most people at most stages in their careers.
Me: "I'll deliver when it's done."
High school teacher: "Suit yourself. You'll lose 10% of your final grade for every day it's late."
Government: "We've assessed a late fine because you missed our entirely arbitrarily set tax filing deadline."
Grad school supervisor: "You submitted the final copy of your dissertation four days after the administrative deadline, so you're stuck paying another semester's tuition."
The book doesn't say to defy deadlines... it just states that almost every negotiation has the deadline being an arbitrary thing being chosen at random.
Adam Corolla tells a story of an old Nissan pickup he had when he was younger and poorer. It was so easy to steal he wired in a hidden switch to power the fuel pump, truck was stolen a couple of times and he would just walk a couple of blocks to where it was abandoned. I believe he also painted the stereo brown to as a deterrence to thieves looking for stereos to sell.
Lots of great ideas here and this is a long shot but you could try to engage the placebo effect. Go get some bullshit homeopathic “medicine” as a pseudo-treatment for your fear. The great thing about the placebo effect is that it works even when you’re aware you’re being treated by a placebo.
Maybe according to some language theory, but not how it's used here, the standard German word is "Whisky". If "Whiskey" is used at all, then only as an exception when referring to stuff where the makers refer to it as such, so Irish or American Whiskey. (e.g. you might see a category "Whisky & Whiskey" in online shops...)
The local distilleries all use "Whisky" as far as I know.
Since Germany never gained independence from the UK by force of arms, it should be "whisky".
This is a joke: given that they only have to fit the two data points of the USA and Ireland, one can make up any number of "rules" for whether it's "whisky" or "whiskey".
I was pleasantly surprised he was 47 when he did this, not that he wasn't qualified or capable, just assumed there would be a bias towards a younger astronaut.
What I'd like to know is how Bezos convinced investors & shareholders to accept those razor thin margins and profits for all those years. I get the growth argument, but we're into 20 years since its IPO and it's only lately that we're seeing profits.
Formally declaring a profit just results in a higher tax bill. Better to reinvest in R&D if you can keep the growth rate up. AMZN was < $40 in 2008, now it is pushing $1000. That's why shareholders are happy to let Bezos keep reinvesting.
