david f. f. chan

[Cleve V. Arguelles @CleveArguelles]

What a horrible, alarming tragedy. The shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga comes only two months after another school shooting in Tacloban. Two students are dead, including the alleged shooter, and there may be others injured. Authorities say the student was carrying two firearms and apparently recorded or livestreamed the attack.

The temptation will be to search for an individual pathology: a troubled child, negligent parents, a failure of school security. All may eventually matter. But to ask only what was wrong with this child is to begin at the end of the story.

Prevention means neither excusing violence nor simply waiting to punish it. It means building schools where distress can be seen and taken seriously— when so many of our schools still lack guidance counselors and other professionals equipped to respond. It means making sure children have places to belong beyond the internet; that violent ideologies and cultures encounter resistance rather than an audience; and that warning behaviors lead to care, intervention, and, where necessary, protection. And most immediately, it means making sure that a moment of adolescent crisis cannot so easily acquire the means to kill.

So once again, we have to ask: how did a child get access to a gun? This time, apparently, two of them. Here we are with another set of dead bodies, and one is always one too many especially for the young.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

“I am who I am” is not a sign of a strong identity. It’s a mark of a closed mind.

A rigid sense of self is a barrier to growth. It makes you a prisoner of your past.

Prior patterns don't have to dictate future decisions. Who you've been shouldn't limit who you become.

[david f. f. chan @dvidffc]

@theallinpod re Luddites, 2-class society: just a few steps short of Yuval Harari's discussion on the "superhuman" species/Homo Deus in the 21 Lessons book 😮

[david f. f. chan @dvidffc]

#core2019
T-3
Look up best practices/where other people have suceeded and failed
☝️

...plus/especially horror stories/case studies💥

[david f. f. chan @dvidffc]

#core2019
👍👍
T-1
"The Dangers of Social Media"
1. Poor quality of info
2. Damage to professional image
3. Breaches of patient privacy
4. Violation of the Patient–HCP Boundary
5. Licensing issues
6. Legal issues
https://t.co/F5kGQnLxyu

[david f. f. chan @dvidffc]

👍👍
"The Dangers of Social Media"
1. Poor quality of info
2. Damage to professional image
3. Breaches of patient privacy
4. Violation of the Patient–HCP Boundary
5. Licensing issues
6. Legal issues
https://t.co/F5kGQnLxyu

[Cesar @doc_sarsi]

#core2019 T1 Should medical associations need social media policy?