A prime example of the sort of thing I was talking about in my two previous posts is the upcoming vote in the House of Commons regarding assisted dying. In fact, not only will many be uninformed about all of the things that impact this topic, I would also argue that much of the discussion actually is centered around things which are not just unknown, but unknowable.
Worldview
Serendipitous Insight About Scouts
I have many times lauded the power of serendipity and yesterday it struck once again. Having written what I did yesterday morning about uninformed decisions I received a link in an email to a TED talk which was right on point about part of my thesis.
Making Uninformed Decisions
As someone who has spent many years working and researching the field of decision making I know that the process is often flawed, usually lacking all the necessary information and almost always subjective rather than objective. My experience also suggests that most decision makers are unaware of just how uninformed they are about the issues surrounding their decisions. So welcome again to the Dunning Kruger effect😉.
When Is It OK To Break The Law?
Well to me I sort of think that the ‘obvious’ answer is “never” however, as of now, the answer seems to be “whenever you like as long as you are the President of the USA”. Surely that can never be the right answer!
This Could Be The Last Time….
So has that title popped the sound of the Rolling Stones in your head 😂 … Maybe the last time – I don’t know! My previous post ended with a little “epilogue” about that. It isn’t the only time it has happened, but what particularly triggered the thought at this time was “is this the last time I vote in a General Election”?
About The Train Of Life
Continuing along the same track as my previous post (see what I did there? 😃) there are many pieces of writing that use the metaphor of a train journey to depict our own life journey. Like all metaphors (just most metaphors?) it does break down eventually, but it does help illustrate what I was getting at with the idea of ephemeral friendships.
Are Friendships Ephemeral
Having broken my silence yesterday I am challenging myself to write here more often, even if it is just a few words. Today I am returning to a subject that I addressed in my only other previous post this year – friends. However I am coming at it from a slightly difference direction, one that has been occupying my mind recently.
You Can Fool Some Of The People…
Its been a while since my last post – really need to do this more often. The events in New York over the last few weeks surrounding a certain ‘high profile’ trial have finally spurred me to take up the pen (or keyboard) and put down a few thoughts.
Building a Highlights Reel
Some years ago now I wrote a post in this blog entitled You Don’t Know Me – this is a sort of revisit of that subject, but with a different emphasis. The topic was brought back to mind during my “70 for 70” project contacting ‘old’ friends and colleagues.
What Is My Favourite ….
It is a question often asked – what is your favourite music; what is your favourite restaurant; what is your favourite book? The list is if not endless then very long. I don’t know about other people, but for me it is always a question that elicits an answer that is – at best – evasive. The problem, for me, is that all the topics on which one might be asked “your favourite” are extremely subjective and it is, again for me, nigh on impossible to come up with a definitive answer.