Posts Tagged ‘Values’

Stories

Posted on August 23, 2021, 8:24 am, by Bill Rouse, under Archetypes, Challenges, History, Psychology.

I have been thinking about the roles stories play in our lives.  By story, I mean an account of past events or the evolution of something.  Of course, a story can also be an entertaining account of imaginary or real people and events.  Many stories provide a combination of explanation and entertainment. Stories usually have […]

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The Nature of Evidence

Posted on August 8, 2020, 8:08 am, by Bill Rouse, under Archetypes, Challenges.

Show Me the Evidence was a popular book by Ron Haskins and Greg Margolis published by Brookings in 2014. The central idea was that economic and social policy should be based on credible data rather than just opinion and advocacy. This seems reasonable, although ideology has of late disrupted these intentions. Can this idea be […]

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