Less is more

The virtues of masterly inactivity – inaction is not necessarily an admission of defeat.

JUST do it” is the clarion call of the young and trendy. The “movers and shakers” rule the roost and are praised. The nay-sayers are disdained and denigrated. Progress is measured in movement, in action, in numbers. The more, the better. It is difficult to say “No” in today’s world. And so it is in medicine. We see a doctor, expecting some pills or therapeutic measures to make us feel better, to live longer or to save our lives. We do not expect to go home from the clinic empty-handed.