Low time preference surgical treatment
Man’s Impatience In Health and Opportunity to Invest In It.
High time preference and incentive models have failed society and permeates medical treatment. Health responsibility is externalized. We want immediate help without own contribution. Impatience makes you feel something needs to be done, even if it results in more suffering in the long run.
Non scientific approach appeals to many. Age is medicalized. Industry and doctors are incentivized to treat it, but uncomfortable truth remains. We degenerate and reversing age processes is not yet possible though you can slow it down. We can only replace aging tissues in very limited cases with simple mechanical devices. There also exists some old low time preference knowledge, but it’s hard to measure with scientific methods, and has to be distinguished from snake oils and easy to sell remedies.
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Self responsibility. You are the best health provider for yourself. Exercise diligently, eat enough, but not too much. If you get problems nature is mostly the best healer. Get proper exercise advice in specific problems. Sometimes chronic pain exists but there’s no better option, and you’ll have to accept suffering. Most problems get better with time.
Surgical and medical treatment is indicated and helps in certain conditions. Seek proper advice to be able to recognize those.