Remnantmd on Nostr: For quite some time I've been thinking about what is going on in this digital ...
For quite some time I've been thinking about what is going on in this digital alternative medicine space, and what my role would be in it.
I've come to the conclusion that I am in the business of formulating stories and distributing belief.
One of the reasons why the current medical establishment continues to enjoy majority market share is because the people, by and large, believe in the framework of health and disease that corporate medicine is selling.
More than that, it is the de facto framework against which alternative hypotheses are considered.
The media and schools help support this.
By propagating the ideas nested in the modern corporate paradigm, the institutions cement these ideas as the de facto belief system about health and disease.
Which means radicals like myself, are always swimming upstream, so to speak.
For each statement I make about an aspect of health, I have to spend another 3-5 statements unpacking what people have been propagandized to believe.
So what am I doing out here?
Truthfully, I don't really want to sell you a supplement.
I've spent my academic time (both pre and post-Substack) trying to understand several different disciplines and ways of looking at the body & disease.
Because if you truly believe some of the principles I discuss, then your operating manual for navigating health changes drastically.
And, that's enough for me.
I'm weaving a story.
That's it.
I've come to the conclusion that I am in the business of formulating stories and distributing belief.
One of the reasons why the current medical establishment continues to enjoy majority market share is because the people, by and large, believe in the framework of health and disease that corporate medicine is selling.
More than that, it is the de facto framework against which alternative hypotheses are considered.
The media and schools help support this.
By propagating the ideas nested in the modern corporate paradigm, the institutions cement these ideas as the de facto belief system about health and disease.
Which means radicals like myself, are always swimming upstream, so to speak.
For each statement I make about an aspect of health, I have to spend another 3-5 statements unpacking what people have been propagandized to believe.
So what am I doing out here?
Truthfully, I don't really want to sell you a supplement.
I've spent my academic time (both pre and post-Substack) trying to understand several different disciplines and ways of looking at the body & disease.
Because if you truly believe some of the principles I discuss, then your operating manual for navigating health changes drastically.
And, that's enough for me.
I'm weaving a story.
That's it.