The case has brought to the fore a legal doctrine known as Garantenstellung, a broad concept in Germanic law that establishes a responsibility to intervene for people who have a “duty of care” in a range of situations, including parents caring for children or a driver who hits a pedestrian — and can put liability on those people.
It is often invoked on trips with hired guides, but has rarely been applied to a private hike like the couple’s excursion, experts said.
The medical profession of the twentieth century was a hegemon; today, it is a regional power. When a hegemon loses status, it can take a few paths. It can aim for restoration—bringing back the empire—which in this case would probably focus on gatekeeping. It can retreat, which might mean abdicating medicine’s broad public role, perhaps in favor of a narrow focus on earnings and technical skills. The last—and, in my view, the best—path is reinvention. Doctors can remake their profession by embracing the multi-polar medical landscape they now inhabit, and by acting as a kind of system stabilizer: working with other powers to help shape rules, norms, and relationships. A superpower may act as though it can stand alone, but middle powers know the value of diplomacy and coalition-building.
Another vague short story where there is not enough context to figure out the result.
It was okay. This story would have far more impact if you knew what the characters decided to do.
Many “experts” say that the unspoken procedure is an abortion. But is it really that? I feel like this conversation could’ve been about a root canal and we wouldn’t know the difference.
I like short stories. I really do. But vague short stories feel like a waste of time. Yes, it is a work of art. But deeply unsatisfying.
I have to admit this story took a long time to read. I can’t grasp the underlying meaning of the story. I can’t clearly see the overall narrative arc. I think it’s more an exploratory piece about physical injury, recovery from injury and disillusionment with the promises of modern medicine. It also explores, to a lesser extent, the emotional injury of war and death.
Education, particularly in the humanities, rests on a belief that, alongside the practical things students might retain, some arcane idea mentioned in passing might take root in their mind, blossoming years in the future. A.I. allows any of us to feel like an expert, but it is risk, doubt, and failure that make us human. I often tell my students that this is the last time in their lives that someone will have to read something they write, so they might as well tell me what they actually think.
The unemployment rate last year for 20-to-29-year-olds who had recently received an associate degree was 2.1% versus 15.3% for those with a bachelor’s degree.
“I really wanted some McNuggets, but it was the morning, so they didn’t have any left,” he said. “I had a Sausage McMuffin. Was it the breakfast of champions? Certainly not. I regretted it straightaway.”