This week’s digital mailbag includes thoughts on the late Rita Pierson’s call to educational arms and a very personal response to Stella Young’s argument that just because she’s in a wheelchair, we really shouldn’t see her as being an inspiration.
每周，我们收集针对TED演讲的犀利批评、发人深省的问题或有趣见解。本周精选包括：对已故丽塔·皮尔森关于教育呼吁的感想、对彼得·索尔关于死亡的深刻演讲的回应，以及对斯特拉·杨的个人反馈——她认为，仅仅因为坐在轮椅上，我们真的不应该把她视为励志人物。
希瑟·怀特就彼得·索尔的TED演讲《让我们谈谈死亡》发表了以下评论：
“这个演讲让我觉得有趣的地方，在于那个旨在培训医护人员谈论临终心愿的医院试点项目最终以失败告终。项目结束后，没有人继续推进这项工作。在我看来，这恰恰说明：谈论死亡并不是应该期望由医护专业人员来完成的工作。无论出于何种原因，他们显然不愿意做这件事，所以这件事就没有被做。
我们需要专门的人来承担这项工作。是的，他们确实需要培训——接受培训以成为耐心的倾听者和得体的谈话者，但他们不必是专业的医生或护士。”死亡咖啡馆”网络正在发现大量对谈论死亡和临终心愿感到自在的人——那么为什么不吸纳这样的人，雇用他们在社区、诊所和医院中开展此类工作呢？”
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