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=Polarization: Word of the Year
This issue starts with a humorous take on the selection of polarization as the word of the year. Then further discusses polarization and raises the question of why we feel such polarization now.
Analogy
A quick intro of why analogy is a powerful tool for encouraging objectivity and new perspectives for better understanding of complex problems and their solutions.
Water and the Continental Divide
This article presents the analogy of how rainwater "polarizes" into Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But not all water ends up there. And how that might be instructive in understanding and addressing current polarization of thought.
Emulsification
Few of us would eat raw egg yolks and oil. Mixing them together yields a globby mess. Yet that is exactly what mayonnaise is. This article uses the analogy of making mayonnaise (emulsification) to think about how our politics has become so polarized, and some parallels to how we might address it moving forward.
Moving Forward
Some more thoughts on the power of analogy and how we might take lessons from nature in addressing the current political polarization.
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The second issue of ReasonedVoice.com discusses polarization. First, a humorous take on polarization being selected word of the year. Next a short discussion on the value of analogy in addressing complex problems. Then two examples of polarization in nature (watersheds and mayonnaise), and a summary of how these analogies can help us better understand and deal with our current political polarization.
Let's Have Launch
The world seems to get more crazy and complicated every day. Objectivity seems to have gone out of fashion. The juxtaposition of the second inauguration of Donald Trump with Martin Luther King Day provided the impetus to finally launch this site and try to make sense of the world we live in. This article gives some more background on the impetus for this site.
Disillusionment
Sometimes there is a huge gap between reality and our expectations and beliefs. Which causes us to become disillusioned. The legacy of Martin Luther King can be an inspiration to use our disillusionment as fuel for a positive path forward.
Moving Forward
This site will focus on 3 main areas: Critical thinking and the importance of taking a step back to look at things from a broader perspective, understanding how humans think and make decisions (although we are all unique, we all share some thinking patterns), and approaches to handling uncertainty.
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The inaugural issue of ReasonedVoice.com coincides with Martin Luther King day and the second inauguration of Donald Trump. This issue provides some background on the impetus for this website, a discussion of disillusionment, and a blueprint for the focus of this site moving forward.
