Thinking in structures
๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.
Modern Medicine and Modern Management have helped humanity immensely in the last 100 years.
In the 1920s, life expectancy was around 40-50 years worldwide. Now, it's around 72-73 yearsโ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐.
Structured medical research and education through standardised clinical trials and evidence-based medicine helped. Vaccination and Antibiotics drastically cut down deaths from infectious diseases. Improvements in sanitation and clean water sources reduced the disease burden.
Similarly, in the 1920s, the World population was around 1.8-2.0 billion. Today, it's beyond 8 billion. ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ-๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
A systematic approach to efficiency and task management in the 1920s was followed by Assembly lines (Ford) and continuous improvement models (Lean) in the 1950s. Professional management education and standard corporate governance further boosted the output, and we now have a planet with a GDP of USD 80 trillion.
Both these fields (Modern Medicine and Modern Management) thrived through a framework of -
โข Formal Education
โข Standardised Research
โข Structured Practices
๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก > ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ > ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ > ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐.
Medicine extends life while management multiplies the output and supports this population growth.
๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐. ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
Modern medicine saved lives by applying scientific temperament to health, and modern management scaled up global production by applying a similar temperament to organisational processes. The statistics clearly show that life expectancy and global output improved hand in hand with the systematisation of knowledge.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ๐จ. ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ.