Vitamins and painkillers: Difference between revisions

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When I’m with you<br>
When I’m with you<br>
When I’m alone with you <br>
When I’m alone with you <br>
:— H Lewis (1984)}}The theory goes, so say any number of [[Thought leader|thought-pieces]], that there are three kinds of business:
:— H Lewis (1984)}}The theory goes, so say any number of [[Thought leader|thought-pieces]], that there are two kinds of technology business:
{{l1}}'''Painkillers''': Those that address acute immediate problems<li>
{{l1}}'''Painkillers''': Those that address acute immediate problems<li>
'''Vitamins''': Those that prevent problems over the medium to long term: <li>
'''Vitamins''': Those that prevent problems over the medium to long term: </ol>
'''Candy''': Those that do nothing, but distract us from the existential horror of our daily lives, what the doctor is about to do to us, the dawning realisation that this is all there is, and so on.</ol>


This is a threadbare view of the medical profession, let alone the commercial world at large.
This is a threadbare view of the medical profession, let alone the commercial world at large.