DrJosiah

Hey we got ourselves a thinker here!

Bingo! "Not for profit" doesn't mean somebody isn't making money.

I would suggest you seek different opinions in your medical treatment. You obviously have damaged something and it's not getting better, potentially getting worse, if not probably getting worse. Have you sough other opinions or neuro specialists?

I truly can't imagine such significant damage to any area of the brain that wasn't visible through a variety of imaging and tests.

You're reported symptoms also clearly indicate which area(s) of the brain are damaged. Additionally, the worsening of a speech impairment due to an external brain injury just screams red flags all over. From a slow bleed to any number of contusion/growing pressure related issues.

A year is a very long time for recovery, the fact you've gotten worse is indicative of an on going problem. Not an isolated problem that is past and you are recovering from. Point in case, you are getting worse, not recovering.

Get to some quality docs and get whatever it is fixed. Obviously it's not getting better on it's own and simply coping out to a "syndrome" title is not the answer.

How about a change in language that promotes active seeking of quality care?

You have an undiagnosed brain injury that is getting progressively worse. Not "post concussion syndrome".

Like I suggested, seek out more then 1 or 2 opinions. Doctors, even the best, are just humans doing a job. You can show the same scan to 5 different guys and maybe none of them catch the problem. Or 3 our of 5. Not to mention science of the brain is very, very young.

A second or third set of eyes on a problem almost always opens doors.

It should not be trial and error. You are a human. Not a lab rat. Find the problem first, locate it, identify it, then identify possible treatments. Since you haven't identified the problem, you're still on step one.

Most banned author? When I was in highschool F. 451 and 1984 was banned from our library and campus. Are you saying your books have been shunned from public school at that level? Or more? More so then Hitler's Mein Kampf? (also banned book for public highschools in many areas)

No, I'm saying the answer is more complex then that. But knowing a small amount of the US agencies capabilities, Snowden wouldn't have made it out of the front door if they didn't want him too. Let alone the country. Thinking anything otherwise lands you on a slippery slope:

Why be worried about an agency watching you, who couldn't even watch the front door?

Your second statement just makes no sense unfortunately. You are blurring a lot of lines, you can not use a country like China for a comparison for numerous reasons. China is the typical strawman for these kinds of arguments "But, but, but look at China!!"

The fact that China is always the bad guy really goes to my point, China is doing very well. In fact, much better then the US in a lot of ways. Speaking economically, they are growing more and faster per day then the US could dream of. But forget China for the moment. This centers around the US, let's look at the US.

I see nothing but growth and long lines for technology of all kinds.

I do not see people giving up using their VISA's or MC's, in fact, more people are using plastic to buy then ever before.

We do not see a public backlash against technology, we in fact see more people buying more of it every day.

And "surveillance behavior" goes back, again, to my original point that surveillance has been going on for decades with out nearly the uproar that is suddenly found. By everyone.

You want to see "surveillance behavior", watch how many people whip out their phones to take video and pictures of anything... literally anything.

Half the front page posts on Reddit are from people's phones, taking pictures of other people - often without those people knowing about it!