Did we cross the line of concern for our long-term health?
The most prominent example of this line of thought concerns the view that genes are supplemented by memes that are units of cultural transmission, and each is manifested in a separate evolutionary process: biological evolution operating on lineages of genes and cultural evolution operating on lineages of memes.
Important people "with a lot on their minds tend to ruminate on all the things they have to do, the problems they need to solve, and you can see the lines of concern on their faces".
I don't know the actual causality of this change in sentiment, but the slope line of concern seems to be upticking".
But, at least insofar as the Western world is concerned, this line of thought is an anachronism, rendered obsolete by its own success.
The upper portion of Table 5 provides some modest support for this line of reasoning, and may raise concerns about potential breast cancer risks with the trend toward use of transdermal estradiol, which does not materially increase SHBG in a first-pass hepatic effect, but substantially increases serum estradiol.
A concern regarding this line of thought is that whenever one acts, what one does should be justifiable to those who are affected or might be affected by one's choice.
A concern with this line of reasoning, however, is that some or even most members of the group with a low average SRH (the so-called 'disadvantaged' group) do not have poor SRH, so they would be unnecessarily targeted for intervention.
He spent a couple of hours listening to a long line of concerns ranging from domestic violence to leaky roofs to housing benefit, writing down various points long-hand in his notebook.
"There's a through-line of concern for men and boys of color that started long before he was in the White House and will last long after he's closed the doors to that building for the last time," DuBois said.
