I’ve started to understand that if China is doing something that makes me go, “why aren’t they doing the most obvious thing I can think of” then it’s probably answered with any one or more of the following: de-escalation to build up more alliances via mutually beneficial trade (see BRICS), long term self reliance strategies (with the end goal of making western offerings uncompetetive long term), or just not wanting to kick off a global nuclear war via antagonism of the USA
Yet another example to add to the “why profit is a shitty motivator” pile. It reenforces the worst parts of the human psyche. We teach kids to share, be kind, and be cooperative but the capitalist society rewards greed, anger, and a complete lack of empathy.
This, so much this! My wife fought for like 10 years to get her gallbladder removed because nobody believed her. I went with her a couple of times and they’d ask symptoms and she would regularly forget to list important things and I’d remind her. I eventually got her to keep track, it finally got through the fog for a provider that referred her to the right specialist. She’s quite a bit better now.
Second example: I have Celiac disease, I just found out last week. (I was so used to how I felt when eating gluten that I didn’t realize it was happening unless I overate or drank beer). I had always had random little things that would pop up (dermatitis, high liver enzymes, etc). Because I kept track, when I recently had my vertigo attack, I saw some other signs that made me ask for a test.
Long story short, journal EVERYTHING because any little symptom might not make sense in the moment but might be the key to finding the problem and actually fixing it.
WHAT…is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
If I could, I would, but I don’t have any skills that a local couldn’t already do just as well, if not better.