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“You can take back your power by taking responsibility over your health, your life & your world. By focusing on your contribution & your circle of influence, you can create a + ripple effect ”

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Find smoking cessation resources inside the Substack link
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.Thanks @jordanbpeterson for sharing the #switch challenge. 🙏

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May 13
Lockdowns forced technology into schools at warp speed… online math homework, google classrooms, zoom parent-teacher meetings…
Lockdowns were necessary for wider market penetration of big tech into education
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It’s the dream of companies like Apple…
Does every child in primary school need to own an iPad to learn at school? Is this good for the child or for a apple?
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apple.com/ae/education/k…
Microsoft also has plans to transform education.
Technology is very important but how it’s used is critical.
Can parents know if their kids are doing their homework when they have to search for information on google or do their math homework online?
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microsoft.com/en-us/educatio…
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May 2
Some damning statistics in this summary by
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Covid-19 policies caused great harm and policy makers should have known better and should be held accountable.
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ukcolumn.org/article/what-a…
Waiting list for care in the #UK
February 2020: 4.43 million people
February 2023: 7.22 million people
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May 1
State medical licensing: is it needed to ensure quality or is it a means of state control?
Given that many doctors during the pandemic who spoke against harmful covid measures were threatened to lose their license, this is an issue we ought to address...
@P_McCulloughMD
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Milton Friedman says: the Hippocratic oath was the 1st labour union agreement. He argues that labour union serve more established members of a union and controls entry of new members.
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For example:
In his opinion, minimum wage protects the union members from competition from the lower & lessor skilled workers (preventing their entry into the workforce & upward mobility). Such policies are done in the name of the poor but don't benefit them
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Apr 30
Can you see a link? Can you predict the outcome?
This is the New Soviet Man- a kind of Superman

“The Soviet man was to be selfless, learned, healthy, muscular, and enthusiastic in spreading the communist Revolution.”

MILLIONS DIED
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sovie… Image
This is Nietzsche's Übermensch- the philosophical basis for Nazism

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cber…

MILLIONS DIED
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This is the future Transhuman

“a human in most respects but who has powers and abilities beyond those of standard humans”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhuman

HOW MANY WILL DIE TO ACHIEVE THIS UTOPIC IDEAL?
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Apr 28
IMAGINE IF ADVERTISING TOLD THE TRUTH...
Unfortunately the purpose of advertising it to sell products, no tell the truth...
In order to do that, ads must lure you in, convince you that it will satisfy your wants & needs, & that the product is full of benefits and no risk
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What's the difference between needs & wants?
NEEDS are things you actually need to survive and function
WANTS are all the things the consumerist culture has told you you need to have a full and satisfying life.
Ads utilise Maslow's Hierarchy of needs to their advantage.
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Apr 16
WHAT ARE THE COMMERCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH?
“strategies and approaches used by the private sector to promote products and choices that are detrimental to health”
BIG PHARMA, BIG FOOD, BIG TOBACCO & BIG ALCOHOL HAVE A BIG SAY IN OUR HEALTH. HOW?
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thelancet.com/journals/langl…
If Big Corporations influence the stakeholders that influence our health, they ultimately can have a big impact on our health.
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As much as we would like to think that our decisions are based on rational and conscious decision-making processes, it's really not the case. Multiple unconscious psychological factors act upon us to influence our decisions.
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