tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785710366490840.post224111756695464198..comments2024-01-16T16:16:40.125-08:00Comments on Gremlin's House Party: Avoiding Simple ExplanationsDividend Gremlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14407349485465863534noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785710366490840.post-15337104215801430162019-02-20T09:44:22.452-08:002019-02-20T09:44:22.452-08:00Bert,
Totally, isn't it funny how one or two ...Bert,<br /><br />Totally, isn't it funny how one or two personalities can damage a great idea? I agree with you on politics and the USA in general - especially healthcare where there are what a 100 types of doctors with varying specialties? Also people are afraid of change, even small incremental ones that will benefit people view those who would alter things with suspicion - rightly or wrongly.<br /><br />I professionally see this as it relates to national infrastructure. We all agree it needs refresh, but people hate paying for and many don't understand the degree to which things need to happen.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!<br />- Gremlin<br /><br /> Dividend Gremlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407349485465863534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785710366490840.post-37208280898240025642019-02-19T07:09:59.723-08:002019-02-19T07:09:59.723-08:00Gremlin,
This is a great article. Thanks for wri...Gremlin,<br /><br />This is a great article. Thanks for writing it. I like your comparison to the Roman Empire falling and the final conclusion about what caused it to fail. In today's culture, we are way too focused on finding the blame for "one" thing, so we can all be better about pointing our fingers at one solution. You're absolutely right, GE is too big to have one thing cause the downfall for the company. You can say it was diversification caused them to not be specialized or poor management, but there are just so many other factors that play into that. As I just learned, you can work for a large company with an amazing culture, but one or two bosses can cause that system to fail for you personally. A strong culture won't cure everything or cause everyone to act perfectly. That's just impossible. You might as well hire robots at that point. This is about as political as I will get on a blog, but part of the reason the US can't get any major reforms done for healthcare, taxes, social safety net programs, infrastructure, etc., is because of the oversimplification of approaches. In particular, healthcare is too complicated to be reformed with a simple change to the payment structure or just insuring everyone (the two major ideas). It will take hundreds of changes to the system, and I just think people don't want to put the effort into it because it won't look right in a headline. Okay, I'm done with my political rant. Thanks again for the great read! <br /><br />BertDividend Diplomatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920248039296961145noreply@blogger.com