Scott Boehmer

Tag: Systems

  • My Doctor Emailed Me Back

    Here we reach the crux of the matter and the source of the distrust many trans people have for the NHS. We tell them we are trans, we want to transition. But that information about who we are and what we want counts for nothing unless we also have their permission. The system denies that we are reliable bearers of fundamental truths about ourselves. Our lack of trust in that system is just the equal and opposite reaction: they don’t listen to us, so we don’t listen to them.

    Abigail Thorn

    My Doctor Emailed Me Back (Trans Writes)

  • The Purpose of a System is What it Does

    When trying to understand systems, one really eye-opening and fundamental insight is to realize that the machine is never broken. What I mean by this is, when observing the outcomes of a particular system or institution, it’s very useful to start from the assumption that the outputs or impacts of that system are precisely what it was designed to do — whether we find those results to be good, bad or mixed.

    Anil Dash

    The Purpose of a System is What it Does (Anil Dash)