"It’s a failure to recognize that, by far and away, the biggest negative impact came not from the disease itself, but from our response to it." -- Substitute the word "event" for the word "disease" and you have a general postulate that holds true, in so many ways, about so many things.
The preoccupation with “Mis” and “dis” information is telling. For at least fifty years our public health institutions have been giving us bad information about the things that make us healthy and long-lived. The problem with people is not that we are too stupid, lazy, or weak-willed to follow their instructions; we are more prone to illness precisely because we’ve listened to their advice. (Eat low fat foods! Eat more frequently! Never skip a meal, especially not breakfast! Ultraprocess foods like meat and milk for hygienic reasons ! Dont feed your baby peanut products! Don’t go outside, even in winter, without spf 50! Exercise will make you lose weight! Etc.) How in the world could anyone think we should be more limited in what information we have access to— and that it should be under the purview of gov’t agencies?
"Every time you drive your [diesel] car, you selfish bastard, some poor kid in Africa is being hit in the goolies by climate change, don’cha know?"
Now, assuming I'm some kind of racist of the Combat 18-variety, and assuming that me driving affects kids in africa - wouldn't such a statement regarding "climate justice" make me want to drive my car /more/, not less?
Oh dear, I've gone and done it again, 'aven't I? Used log-ick. Drat.
A few places I've worked that had actual HR-humanoids (publicly funded schools), we defeated them by asking "Is attendance mandatory?" and if it was: "So this are we getting time and a half for this, or time off, seeing as it's after normal hours?" and getting the union rep on-board by telling her: "If they get to command mandatory attendance with no pay, they're going to leverage that into having us working unpaid overtime instead of hiring temps!".
Friend who works for a major construction company told me how they did it:
"Are we getting paid? Is the company footing the bill for travel, stay over, food and drinks?"
The answer changed from an initial "No?" to after HR speaking to corprate "Yes!" to corporate realising how much food and booze dozens of big men would go through over a four-day weekend, while they did no actual work calling back with a "Hell no!".
'Course, in nations with totally neutered or corporate unions, that won't work.
"It’s a failure to recognize that, by far and away, the biggest negative impact came not from the disease itself, but from our response to it." -- Substitute the word "event" for the word "disease" and you have a general postulate that holds true, in so many ways, about so many things.
The preoccupation with “Mis” and “dis” information is telling. For at least fifty years our public health institutions have been giving us bad information about the things that make us healthy and long-lived. The problem with people is not that we are too stupid, lazy, or weak-willed to follow their instructions; we are more prone to illness precisely because we’ve listened to their advice. (Eat low fat foods! Eat more frequently! Never skip a meal, especially not breakfast! Ultraprocess foods like meat and milk for hygienic reasons ! Dont feed your baby peanut products! Don’t go outside, even in winter, without spf 50! Exercise will make you lose weight! Etc.) How in the world could anyone think we should be more limited in what information we have access to— and that it should be under the purview of gov’t agencies?
"Every time you drive your [diesel] car, you selfish bastard, some poor kid in Africa is being hit in the goolies by climate change, don’cha know?"
Now, assuming I'm some kind of racist of the Combat 18-variety, and assuming that me driving affects kids in africa - wouldn't such a statement regarding "climate justice" make me want to drive my car /more/, not less?
Oh dear, I've gone and done it again, 'aven't I? Used log-ick. Drat.
A few places I've worked that had actual HR-humanoids (publicly funded schools), we defeated them by asking "Is attendance mandatory?" and if it was: "So this are we getting time and a half for this, or time off, seeing as it's after normal hours?" and getting the union rep on-board by telling her: "If they get to command mandatory attendance with no pay, they're going to leverage that into having us working unpaid overtime instead of hiring temps!".
Friend who works for a major construction company told me how they did it:
"Are we getting paid? Is the company footing the bill for travel, stay over, food and drinks?"
The answer changed from an initial "No?" to after HR speaking to corprate "Yes!" to corporate realising how much food and booze dozens of big men would go through over a four-day weekend, while they did no actual work calling back with a "Hell no!".
'Course, in nations with totally neutered or corporate unions, that won't work.