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Yeah but both of those are just marketing postures that don’t really have anything to do with the underlying realities of their respective industries.
by Alex3917 9y ago
Yeah but both of those are just marketing postures that don’t really have anything to do with the underlying realities of their respective industries.
- ProAm 9y agoI think it speaks well to start ups, VC culture and silicon valley as a whole actually. It is a bit posture-y but feel its accurate.
- dsr_ 9y agoIt's necessary to establish a policy before you can enforce it. You can't argue about exceptions if you don't fundamentally support the legitimacy of the policy, either. "First, do no harm" is a policy statement. Once you accept it, you can make arguments about tradeoffs (pain management, amputation, chemotherapy, abortion), but without having a policy statement, there's no argument being made, just a free-for-all mess.
- Alex3917 9y ago> without having a policy statement, there's no argument being made, just a free-for-all mess. Given that medical treatments are the second or third leading cause of death in the U.S., how much good is the policy statement really doing?