At 06:49 AM 8/31/2010, you wrote:
>That's well said and absolutely true :)
>Self interest runs the world and for the most part is a good thing
>because it motivates people to do more than the minimum required, to
>create great innovations, and find ways to be the most
>efficient. This has been an interesting conversation (at least it
>hasn't devolved into name calling like the last heated off topic outburst).
>
>In my opinion the great counterbalances to greed (too much of
>anything is bad) is responsibility and accountability. Many people
>that complain about greed are not taking responsibility for
>themselves (I don't think the examples on this list fit that). The
>biggest example of lack of accountability I've seen is in our
>Government. They act as if the money they take from us isn't our
>money. I wish every thing they spend money on was subject to a
>public vote. It would slow pork barrel spending for sure.
>
>Socialization sounds like a great idea until you see it in
>action. My wife works in healthcare and sees it every day. People
>from Canada come HERE for treatment because they can get it NOW and
>get the best medical care they can afford. When you take away the
>motivation to do more people do less, they don't innovate, they
>don't look for ways for greater efficiency. In a lot of ways well
>meaning laws get in the way. You just can't break into the medical
>industry because of all the bureaucracy involved from our government
>and beyond. If I came up with a cure for Cancer in a lab in my
>house it would have zero chance of making it into the world without
>going through a gatekeeper. The SYSTEM is broken because of too
>much bureaucracy and too many gatekeepers.
>
>It's people like us that can make it change. Look at Linux. If it
>had a single 'head' someone would have sued it out of existence but
>since there is no single point of control the will of the community
>moves forward despite those that would try to cheat. Oracle buys
>MySQL, MySQL forks several ways. Freedom persists. We've removed
>almost all of the bureaucracy from Linux and the best of the best
>moves forward. It's amazing how far Linux has come since I started
>using it in 1993. Open medicine would have the same effect.
Here is an interesting medical
group:
http://www.canaryfoundation.org/index.cfm
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