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Nassim Taleb wrote at length about his beliefs about "iatrogenic" harm, which is that caused by the doctor themselves. His ideas about it are mercifully summari
by motohagiography 4y ago
Nassim Taleb wrote at length about his beliefs about "iatrogenic" harm, which is that caused by the doctor themselves. His ideas about it are mercifully summarized in the FS blog: https://fs.blog/iatrogenics/ https://fs.blog/iatrogenics/ and how it expands as a pattern to be aware of.
- thenerdhead 4y agoSearched immediately for Taleb as he is the most notable example of calling this out. The second being a classic Munger idea of misaligned incentives. Doctors hardly get to practice medicine anymore and is why old variations of common sayings like “Never trust a doctor who only knows medicine, a lawyer who only knows law, or a pharmaceutical company that only knows profits” still circulate. Except the punchline has become reality for a number of professions.