by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
I ran across a tweet the other day which raised an interesting point about retweeting. Paraphrasing, it suggested that we shouldn’t just consider the content of the retweet, but the why of our retweeting. Keeping in mind that a retweet is always a form of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
Storms, although often predictable at the macro-level, have an element of randomness that often causes significant chaos and destruction at the human level. Knowing “lots of bad stuff is going to happen” is not the same as saying what specific bad things will happen,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
mob: A disorderly or riotous crowd, a rabble.—Oxford English Dictionary When you use Twitter, you are part of a digital mob. For the moment you may be in a friendly part of your Twitter mob, surrounded by your digital friends, moving with them, and supporting each...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media Ethics, Twitter, Twitter Ethics
Take a moment to read this part of the Hippocratic Oath: Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Philosophy, Twitter, Twitter Ethics
For the past decade, every Sunday morning, I do a weekly review. It’s based on an organizational system called “Getting Things Done” (GTD) created by David Allen. During this weekly review, which is focused mostly on the nuts and bolts level of prioritizing individual...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Social Media Ethics, Twitter, Twitter Ethics
We are all familiar with the saying in vino veritas: In wine, there is truth. Ignorant people become more ignorant after a glass of wine.Means-spirited people become more mean-spirited after a glass of wine.Kind people become kinder after a glass of wine. Does...
