[FRIAM] Weird observation

[Marcus Daniels]

Is it not possible the doctor looking at her computer is just like Glen listening to music without moving?    Focusing on the facts of the matter and not on distracting emotional signals? 

On 7/13/18, 9:03 AM, "Friam on behalf of ∄ uǝʃƃ" <friam-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

    For what it's worth, my Dr. thanked me after our 1st interaction.  He walked in with his laptop, sat down and started poking at it.  I then used my familiarity with electronic medical records (I was a product mgr at such a company at one point) to finagle his attention and demonstrate our mutual affinity for how computation can help him provide good healthcare.  I even explained how I'd looked him up online beforehand and knew all the schools he went to and that he had no active malpractice suits against him.  (Which was no small feat since he's an immigrant from India.)
    
    That interaction successfully grabbed his attention.  Perhaps, since you're also computer literate, you could use the same trick next time a Dr's attention is too focused on the computer?
    
    On 07/13/2018 07:48 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
    > It is a bigger problem that people are more concerned about `getting along’ than they are about maintaining a functional government.
    > As for doctors, I don’t want them to my friend.   I want them to take their limited time and focus their extensive training, to rationalize the symptoms I present.
    > 
    > From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
    > Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
    > Date: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 8:39 AM
    > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
    > Subject: [FRIAM] Weird observation
    > 
    > While at doctor's office trying ask a nurse to politely express to a doctor that it comes off as rude when that doc is obssed with a computer gets a reaction like you've invented warp drive.
    > 
    > Is it really that unusual for people to try to actively be cordial these days? If so captian we got a problem!
    
    
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    ∄ uǝʃƃ
    
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