tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post4014674776726411645..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: The Infrastructure Chronicles -- Volume 7Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-84725481598135299022011-05-27T23:39:37.005-04:002011-05-27T23:39:37.005-04:00Courage? Or grit, when options are limited? Eithe...Courage? Or grit, when options are limited? Either way, the story is the same. People who made little lived with obscene risk, and received few protections for the hazards of innovations. (For which we were very proud, and should be every time we don't drive a car because of the T).<br /><br />I think it is interesting how excited (I mean truly excited) people become about technology. But as I move through the world, I am always struck by our denial - our blinders on costs. Immigrants working with fuming leaf blowers hours and hours upon end. Every strawberry at the market an exposure of toxins to workers we'll never see. When we make heroes out of past sacrifice, are we absolving the gains?<br /><br />There are great stories, here, Paul. And they are powerful mirrors of the present. Much has changed. How much have we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com