by Yogi Hale Hendlin | May 1, 2018 | death, exploitation, Industrial Epidemics, Industry Documents, Perverse Incentives, pollution, Publications, Syndemics, Tobacco Industry, Uncategorized
PLOS Medicine just published an article I wrote with Jesse Elias and Pam Ling at UCSF on “Public versus internal conceptions of addiction: An analysis of internal Philip Morris documents.” This article discusses previously secret industry documents...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 29, 2017 | Industrial Epidemics, Industry Documents, Perverse Incentives, philosophy of science, Syndemics, Systems thinking, Tobacco Industry, Uncategorized
In an ongoing effort to compile the corruption of science and politics by short-sighted, manipulative industries, I am beginning to list the sites that document industrial epidemics. Enjoy! CLIMATE http://climateinvestigations.org http://www.climatefiles.com MONSANTO...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 11, 2017 | Industrial Epidemics, Perverse Incentives, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Talks, Tobacco Industry
CANCER CENTER TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM SEMINAR Does the Tobacco Industry have its own Endgame? The pharmaceuticalization of the tobacco industry and implications for public health Yogi Hale Hendlin, PhD Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 3:00 – 4:30 pm CTCRE, Kalmanovitz...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 10, 2017 | agroecology, animals, Biophilia, Biosemiotics, Bureaucratic quixotic, Communication, conservation, deep ecology, Interspecies Communication, permaculture, Perverse Incentives, Plants, Priorities, Side-effects, Systems thinking
With such a provocative title as “Pet Ownership Protects Us Against Allergies,” UCSF’s Dr. Homer Boushey makes the claim that children brought up with pets inherit some of their protective microbes that mitigate against developing allergies....
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 2, 2017 | beyond liberalism, Discursive Gap, Industrial Epidemics, Normal is Over, normalization, Oil Barons, parasitism, Perverse Incentives, pollution, Priorities, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
Cognitive dissonance is a phenomena common amongst human beings who want to have their cake and eat it too. It comes from a willing ignorance to repress and suppress the world’s inconvenient truths and hold onto the frame (or fairytale) one inhabits (or chooses)...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 21, 2017 | Perverse Incentives, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
“It was widely believed thalidomide would be useful to control morning sickness. It did – but it did other things, too. We need evidence, but unregulated marketing does not help us get needed data.” –A colleague at UCSF The epidemic of reductionism...
