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Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Jul 23, 2018

Thinking Out Loud

Thinking out loud is people sharing their thought process in real time

Looking back at decades of life, I realize that despite considerable intelligence and endless pragmatism, it took me years to comprehend the concept of thinking out loud. I had an assumption — on the…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Nov 19, 2018

Autonomous Ethics

AI-controlled vehicles will have to be programmed to make choices that are pragmatic but with moral consequences

A pragmatist can also be a moralist at the same time, but can a moralist also be a pragmatist? There have been many attempts at approaching not only this…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Aug 19, 2018

Two Sides Too Many

Ideology is not about reality, pragmatism is

As a pragmatist, and not an ideologist, I adhere to the processes of gathering facts and data, discarding irrelevant information and then synthesizing conclusions/solutions from what remains. This isn’t news to true…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Oct 23, 2018

War Of The Privileged

The far left and right tribes are engaged in political conflict that is essentially a wealthy-white civil war

Tribe: In anthropology, a tribe is a human social group.
Tribalism: The state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles.

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Jan 17, 2018

Hello Complexity

Humans are imperfect and fallible, but that can be said of evolution and genetic mutation

Among the things one learns over decades is that complexity is far more common than may be obvious. Although common sense should eventually tell us that simplicity is the exception, I…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Sep 1, 2018

Checkmate…Or Not

Chess is one oflife’s true conundrums — easy to learn, difficult to master

Although you may not have spent much, if any, time contemplating it, chess is one of life’s true conundrums — easy to learn, difficult to master. Given how many people play or have played chess at…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Mar 27, 2018

Character

For the devoted pragmatist, character is foundational

When it comes to character, it isn’t necessarily that certain traits of personality and values are directly pragmatic, but rather that certain combinations of them can more easily and consistently lead to pragmatism and all that…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Jun 27, 2018

The Earth Will Be Fine, But…

Spoiled by relatively benign weather for thousands of years, we are probably not prepared for the scale of coming change

There’s something left out of pretty much every discussion, article and report regarding climate change. You’ve almost certainly…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Oct 3, 2018

Truth Or Consequences

Lying that isn’t held accountable only increases in the absence of consequences

Once upon a time there was a quiz show titled Truth Or Consequences. It was on radio from 1940 to 1957 and on television from 1950 until 1988. The premise was that contestants had a…

Edward Bauman in Eclectic Pragmatism

Jun 1, 2018

Lessons Learned

There are defining differences that make the time, effort and cost of being in another country a wonderful experience

Having spent almost a month in Italy, I can report that 1) swiping away emails that contained news worked very nicely in ignoring what passes for politics…

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