THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE ARRIVING INFECTIOUS PANDEMICS
Jose C. Meeroff Clinical
Associate Professor of Integrated Medical Sciences; Director Florida Institute
for Integrative Medicine and
Daniel E. Meeroff Professor and Associate Chair Florida
Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of
Civil, Environmental & Geomatics Engineering
A FEW QUOTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE
ISSUE
ü “Almost
no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability
depends upon the body's resistance” Hans
Seyle
ü “You
should work to live, not live to work”
Hans Seyle
ü “In the long history of
humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise
most effectively have prevailed” Charles
Darwin
ü “It
is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent, it
is the one that is the most adaptable to change” Charles Darwin
ü “Life
is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving” Albert
Einstein
ü “Every scientist becomes
convinced that the laws of nature manifest the existence of a spirit vastly
superior to that of men.” Albert Einstein
ü “When
in doubt, attack” George S Patton
ü “Prepare
for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable
and the unpredictable” George S. Patton
ü “Luck is what happens when preparation meets
opportunity”. Seneca the Younger
ü “It
does not matter who does this job or that as long as there is someone to do
it” Ervin Laszlo
ü “
Progress cannot lie in more and bigger; it must be redefined, and that means
having a new system of values” Ervin
Laszlo
ü “If
you are not ready to beat the enemy because your opponent is stronger than you
are, first join and cooperate with them to learn how they operate and function,
and later try to defeat them” JC Meeroff
ü “Complexity
is relatively simple when you understand it”
JC Meeroff
INTRODUCTION
For the last centuries our civilization has been living under a
contemporary cybernetic bureaucratic industrial paradigm with the aim of
conquering nature, subduing it, exploiting it, raping it, and destroying it ( E.
Fromm). A bureaucratic structure is based on fixed role assignments, and
explicit work descriptions. It decreases
society’s ability to adapt to changes and give preference to preserve the
structure/organization rather than to protect the individuals (Hirst). Bureaucracy
is antinatural since it undermines creativity,
inhibits risk taking, and crushes innovation.
