Resilience

In a capitalistic society such as ours, the answer is pretty easy. Money. We tend to reward those who make it with more money and tend to penalize those who don’t with less money. And the rewards and punishments tend to come fairly quickly. Unprofitable stocks get sold and often, but not always, CEOs of [...]

I recently saw the news in the Portland Forecaster that the Westboro Baptist Church, a group that, according to the Forecaster, “openly hates homosexuals, Jews, Catholics and America,” plans to visit Portland to protest a local high school’s theater production (the local high school is Waynflete) of the “Laramie Project.” The focus of the play [...]

I would encourage you to rate the resilience of the individuals who represent you in the Senate and House of Representatives. Keep in mind that 290 bills have been passed by the House of Representatives as of late February but have had no action by the Senate. Many of these bills passed with bipartisan support. [...]

A resilient medical system is one that can catch and prevent errors from occurring. Unfortunately, current studies suggest that a correct diagnosis is either missed or delayed in 5% to 14% of urgent hospital admissions. Autopsies suggest that diagnostic error rates are between 10% and 20%. These statistics come from research by Ian Scott, M.D., [...]