More Than Neurosurgeon

A Manifesto on Systems, Sensitivity, and Reclaiming Human Intelligence

Consider perhaps that you are NOT the problem...

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Li-Mei Lin, M.D.
Mar 19, 2026
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One of the clearest signs of a system lacking sensitivity is this:
it programs individuals to believe that they are the problem.

When perception is narrow

— when leadership and systems operate without multidimensional sensitivity — responsibility is redirected downward.

Onto individuals.

Onto bodies.

Onto minds.

The system wants you to think the problem is you.

Not the system itself.
Not the people consciously or unconsciously contributing to how it is built and sustained.


But you.

This pattern is not isolated.

It shows up across nearly every major institution:

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