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The Peter Principle argues that people who have success in big hierarchical organizations are promoted until they reach their own "level of incompetence”. Here they are often stuck for life. Let´s look at the story about David and Diana, two graduates, who first met at a sales training. They were so proud to have gotten a job in which they could actually help people. Little did they know, that they had joined one of the most dangerous organizations in modern America. A special thank you to our patrons: Avigail, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Eva Marie Koblin, Denis Kraus, Don Bone, John Zhang, Julien Dumesnil, Mathis Nu, and all the others!!! You keep us going! If you want to join us, visit http://www.patreon.com/sprouts Read the entire script here. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle#The_Peter_Principle https://www.nber.org/papers/w24343 http://www-siepr.stanford.edu/Papers/pdf/00-04.pdf https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_culture.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sackler https://drugabuse.com/oxycodone/history-statistics/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/ http://documents.latimes.com/oxycontin-press-release-1996/

A placebo is a treatment with zero therapeutic value but magical healing power. To understand better how placeboes work, let’s look at Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who both suffer chronic back pain... This video was made with the support of our sponsors: Avigail, Badrah, Cedric Wang, Eva Marie Koblin, da7idj, Denis Kraus, Gilad Karni, Jakob Dannesboe, John Zhang, Julien Dumesnil, Mathis Nu, and all the others!!! You keep us going! If you want to join, visit http://www.patreon.com/sprouts Read the entire script here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14YGEhsj3QtXJVhEkih851iFxLQucZ-VSF4X1bxHwXUw/edit?usp=sharing Sources: Reconsidering the Placebo Response from a Broad Anthropological Perspective https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730465/ Sham surgeries: A tale of medical reversals & the role of the media https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2017/12/sham-surgery-medical-reversals-media/ Placebo Effect of the Heart https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/placebo-effect-of-the-heart/545012/ The neuroscience of placebo effects: connecting context, learning, and health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/ Two-year results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967454 Spinal Fracture Treatment https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/health/spinal-fracture-treatment.html The Honest Placebo Studies https://hms.harvard.edu/news/placebos-work-even-without-deception