Ya, it’s interesting because it was a “so clearly a good idea” idea. We tend to either dismiss ideas as bad because we found the fatal flaw or think “this idea is so flawless it must’ve been the lowest hanging fruit and thus have already been picked.”
Another example that comes to mind is checklists in surgery. Gawande wrote the book “checklist manifesto” with his findings that a simple checklist dramatically improved surgical outcomes back in 2009. I wonder if the “maybe we should try to make some kind of checklist-ish modification to how we approach everything else in medicine” thought needs similar action.
Ya, it’s interesting because it was a “so clearly a good idea” idea. We tend to either dismiss ideas as bad because we found the fatal flaw or think “this idea is so flawless it must’ve been the lowest hanging fruit and thus have already been picked.”
Another example that comes to mind is checklists in surgery. Gawande wrote the book “checklist manifesto” with his findings that a simple checklist dramatically improved surgical outcomes back in 2009. I wonder if the “maybe we should try to make some kind of checklist-ish modification to how we approach everything else in medicine” thought needs similar action.