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6 Jun, 12 tweets, 4 min read
Whilst I'm broadly supportive of the use of data, you have to be very careful on its processing and use i.e. could the same data be used to identify more "profitable" GP surgeries for outside investors? ->
... or could the data be used to accelerate the introduction of patient budgets (aka personal health budgets)?

Slow burn mass privatisation under the guise of giving people "choice" - england.nhs.uk/personal-healt…
This isn't a knock at the NHS, it's a wonderful institution which does amazing work, staffed by amazing people ... but we all know it's becoming a franchise operation under an "NHS brand". Knowing the realty of US healthcare, we will miss it ...
... as John Major said "The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster with a hungry python" - theguardian.com/politics/2016/… ... but alas, that's the way we voted. Or at least, people who are mostly retired voted ...
... "The Tories owe their large majority to support from retired voters, not working-age ones" - newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
X : Do you really think the Tories will privatise the NHS?
Me : Will? It already has been happening. The nail in the coffin will be the Queen of Carnage herself - thetimes.co.uk/article/dido-h…
If there was a time for the public to form a murmuration and challenge the existing orthodoxy (see the revolt against the ESL) then now would be a good time. I suspect Gov is hoping we will all be too busy going on summer holidays, cheering the reduction of lockdown etc.
You have to hand it to the Tories, they are fantastic at media manipulation - we've not only got "sponsored" content - ... you got layers upon layers of misdirection and partial truths.
X : ?
Me : I understand the concerns on data in the NHS but, so low is my trust of this Government, that I can't help but think this is misdirection for some other agenda. When multiple things are happening in a space, a lot may exist to take your eye of the ball elsewhere.
X : How do you know what's true?
Me : That's the point. Even the participants in the game don't even know - layers upon layers of truth and fiction. Welcome to the wonderful world of kayfabe.
X : If we can't work out the truth, what's the point?
Me : That's the point. We beome overwhelmed, unable to cope, we just give up and enjoy the spectacle.
Why do you think I find "government sponsored editorials" in newspapers so concerning ... kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/… ... that's the Rubicon and I didn't even notice we crossed it.

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This is so very important ->
To explain why ... people often ask me about creating a pioneer, settler and town planner structure - blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pio… ... and the first thing I ask them to do is, check your doctrine ...
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X : Have you played Cyberpunk 2077.
Me : I have
X : And?
Me : Enormous potential ... wasted by launching far too early. It's going to be a long slog for them to recover but if they stick at it then it could be great.
X : How long?
Me : A couple of years at least ...
... a lot depends upon them getting the modding community behind them. They need to work on that, building a community, providing tools. Not sure they're really geared up for that and they have so many issues to sort out with the game. So close to greatness but yet ... so far.
X : Multiplayer? Third person perspective?
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X : Are your maps disposable?
Me : Eh? Odd question. Maps are imperfect representations of a space, they are a perception of what exists. That perception has value in a pre-mortem, post mortem fashion.
X : Explain?
Me : Ok, ...
... your map is imperfect, you challenge and argue over it to come to a consenus (pre mortem challenge), you act and afterwards you review the map and what happened in post mortem. This is how we learn, how we make better maps ...
... it doesn't matter that the map is imperfect, it's what we use to learn from. It's how we made better geographical maps. We didn't start with ordinance survey maps.
X : Imperfect maps have value?
Me : Always. It's a record of your perception at that time ...
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X : You're not a fan of the conservatives?
Me : Of this Gov? No but that doesn't mean that they they don't make positive steps or focus on user needs. Take buses - gov.uk/government/new… ... this is smart.
... or take the proposed nationalisation of British rail and the reforms there - gov.uk/government/new… - or the investment in networks - gov.uk/government/new… ... there are lots of good moves.
X : So, why aren't you a fan?
Me : The difference between old labour (which I am) and one nation tory is mostly hair splitting. This Gov however dresses up as one nation, it has a lot of questions to answer on integrity, financial prudence, lack of challenge etc.
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UK Treasury plans for £180 investment per person on green recovery and jobs “a drop in the ocean” compared with USA (£2,960pp), Italy (£1,390pp), Canada (£870pp), France (£710pp) and Germany (£600pp) - envirotecmagazine.com/2021/06/01/uk-…
UK lags US (£1,600 per pupil), Netherlands (£2,500 per pupil) etc in Education Recovery Plan (UK, £310 per pupil) -
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X : Why is it more difficult to get a job, if you don't have a job?
Me : Daisy Chains.
X : Eh?
Me : Recruiters like you to have a job, so they can plan to fill your job when they put you in the new role. They create a daisy chain of people where they all shift one role ...
... the recruiters make money on every shift. It has nothing to do with your ability / capability for the role, it's just if you don't have a job then you break the chain and are less attractive to the recruitment company.
X : But I could be the best person.
Me : And?
X : Surely recruitment is about finding the best person for the role?
Me : That's called marketing. There are a few (and I mean, a few) exceptions.
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