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Bangalore India hospital flow

Derek Sivers · 3 Sept 2026 · sive.rs ↗

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  1. Our reading

    A surgeon's or hospital's recent case volume predicts quality better than price does.

    Their wordsWe’re used to using price as an indicator of quality, so our instinct says that the $20,000 surgery in Switzerland is better than the $2000 surgery in India, but the rule of volume disagrees.

  2. Our reading

    Unplanned systems where individuals act opportunistically, exploiting gaps, can still function well, like water flowing around obstacles.

    Their wordsIt’s not orderly. But neither is water flowing in a stream. It flows around obstacles. Everything is opportunistic, selfishly taking the effective path, exploiting available gaps. It’s natural.