@IceXTruths As compared to the cruel, entitled, corrupt, greedy, oppressive systems of the 1% of humans? I might toss my hat and be optimistic towards a smarter machine might have a workaround for the 99% of the humans who have tried to break free.
OMG everyone needs to listen up this young Harvard Graduate’s Speech because this young man is going to make a difference in this World & how we as humans see others no matter what their background is.This literally brought me to tears because of what is happening in the World.
New article where I propose we make corporations issue 1.5% new shares each year into a public wealth fund and then sell it all off slowly over the course of the year in order to convert it to cash and issue a $365 monthly dividend to everyone as the Great American Dividend.
An article I've been meaning to write for years is how often I've seen basic income pilot participants compare UBI to breathing. At this point, I've seen it maybe 100 times. I've lost track. It's not just money. It's room to breathe again. It's the weight off your chest. It's the boot off your neck.
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The opposite of paranoia is pronoia, the irrational belief that the universe is conspiring in your favor. I have built my entire career on pronoia and I highly recommend it.
Talking to independent physicians, it's obvious that the big insurance carriers are doing to them, what their PBMs are doing to independent pharmacies.
They deny, underpay, slow pay, clawback, and create administrative mazes, knowing their victims don't have the time or resources to fight.
Why ? By putting financial pressures on physicians and pharmacies, it makes them more likely to sell their businesses to them , close their doors, or refer the business to their captive pharmacy or provider. All benefitting the biggest insurance companies
We need to ditch the concept of "claims" and make every delivery of medications or care as a billable event that must, by law, be paid on a timely basis , with interest charges for any delays. If the physician or pharmacy doesn't deliver , the carrier has plenty of legal options already. As does the patient.
This is not an efficient market. This is the big guy abusing the little guy. It needs to change to better the care we get in this country
Afghan woman rights activist protested against Taliban child marriage:
“They are dressing me as a bride. An old bride. They have blindfolded my eyes and silenced my voice. But my heart is still screaming. I am a child, not a wife. Let me live. Let me breathe.”
Pope Leo XIV: "Among these ideologies, I consider particularly insidious the one that suggests that every person must earn or justify his or her own worth, to the point of attributing greater value to those who are more efficient or effective. From this perspective, persons end up being reduced to a means of achieving results, a resource to be used and exploited, and are no longer recognized as a proper end in themselves who should never be instrumentalized. The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce. There are rights that apply to everyone simply by virtue of being human, and no human power can legitimately deny or arbitrarily limit them." #MagnificaHumanitas
8 out of 10 medical bills are wrong.
Hospitals, surgery centers, nursing homes, all of them. The whole system is betting the bill's too confusing for you to ever check it.
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Some nursing homes struggle to attract visitors. One in the Netherlands chose to invite roommates instead.
In the Dutch city of Deventer, a retirement home called Humanitas introduced an idea that would eventually gain attention around the world.
Rather than accepting loneliness as a normal part of aging, they approached it as something that could actually be solved.
For over ten years, Humanitas has allowed university students to live inside the nursing home rent free.
In return, the students spend about thirty hours each month connecting with residents. Sometimes that means sharing meals, having conversations, helping with technology, joining activities, or simply keeping someone company during a quiet afternoon.
They are not nurses or employees. They are simply part of the community.
At first, the idea sounded like a smart response to expensive student housing.
But the real impact appeared in the lives of the residents. Reports from outlets such as PBS NewsHour and AARP described seniors becoming more social, more active, and less isolated once younger people became part of everyday life.
What makes the story even more meaningful is that many students chose to spend far more time there than the agreement required.
Some even stayed connected after graduating. Over time, casual interactions turned into genuine friendships.
Humanitas didn’t really create something new. It brought back something many societies once had naturally: different generations living side by side instead of separately.
Maybe the issue was never aging itself. Maybe it was the distance we created between generations.
Sometimes the most powerful ideas are simply old human connections rediscovered.
Made it my life’s mission to become the Taliban’s worst nightmare:
A highly educated Afghan woman.
First, Columbia University at the top of my class, and now Oxford University.
Give Afghan girls one chance and see what they can achieve.