Category: Collective wisdom
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Foreign Wars Casualties and Perceptions
This response to the current bombing of Iran interrupts the miniseries on democracy with a perspective on foreign wars. My faith in being human over being civilized derives from research I started in 2005 in response to threats of war with Iran. Because I believe in humanity I believe that when properly informed citizens can
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Personal Wisdom
Personal Wisdom is the fifth and last entry in the miniseries. Most of this wisdom miniseries focused on collective wisdom. We can achieve collective wisdom by removing barriers such as systemic bias and misinformation. Elections or referendums then aggregate the knowledge of an electorate. Yet we can enhance our collective wisdom further by becoming wiser
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Systemic Party Bias
This is the fourth entry for a miniseries about wisdom. I am an unaffiliated citizen. Parents belonging to different parties contributed to my independence, as did the tendency of the parties to change principles. During my lifetime the parties switched over “shock and awe” tactics. They switched over choice and abortion. They switched over state
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Collective Wisdom Conditions
This is the third entry in a miniseries about collective wisdom. In The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki detailed the four conditions for collecting wisdom from a population. People must think independently of each other, no groupthink. Their thinking must be decentralized, not influenced by a centralized authority. Such conditions allow for collecting a diversity
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Knowledge, Experience and Wisdom
This is the second entry for a miniseries about wisdom. “Inconceivable!” Vizzini declares this in The Princess Bride, after witnessing events repeatedly conceived and implemented. Inigo Montoya then gives the classic response: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” I think the same thing whenever I
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The Journey Begins!
Only thirteen months since this I created this website and now we can roll! Only fitting that the journey begins with a miniseries about wisdom. First up: a personal anecdote about my pursuit of wisdom. I lingered at a trail junction with a wide open view to the east, far down slope from the majestic
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The Unenlightened Wisdom Project
The Unenlightened Wisdom Project promotes a humanitarian worldview and wisdom as an antidote to the materialism and individualism that drives western civilization. The ten year project journeys from brain health to democracy, focusing on additional themes of humanity, responsibility and information. Subscribe to receive post notifications and alerts about the latest developments during this journey.
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