This is one of those times when you have to applaud innovative thinking. You define the problem. You define the restraints. You try to find an efficient solution. Even better, you can actually do something helpful.
George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp | Video on TED.com.
I have five drafts of healthcare blogs written over the past several months. I decided instead of making researched arguments which were all but impossible to make accessible, I’d just do a quick blog on my thoughts and conclusions.
For all intents and purposes, the United States stands alone in relying on an inefficient and antiquated measurement system. For decades the cry has been that it will be too expensive or too inconvenient or too confusing to change to the worldwide metric standard. With the current economy in dire straits, can we really afford this ridiculous policy? Not only does it makes us look like provincial boobs, but (and this will get people’s attention) it costs us money. If ever there was a golden time to attack the problem with a bold mandate for change, this is it.
Episode 25 F0403 -"Rolling D30" posted on March 8, 2010.
Coming soon: Episode 26, "F0404 - The Grasp of Charybdis" ETA March week 4, 2010.
Est. time between episodes 12-14 days.
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