Why do policies and systems created by intelligent, well-intentioned people sometimes produce consequences that are worse than the problems they were designed to solve? That question immediately caught my attention because it points to one of the most difficult realities of complex problem-solving: good intentions do not guarantee good results. A solution may appear logicalContinue reading “When Good Intentions Create Bad Outcomes”
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How Can Artificial Intelligence Expand Human Capability?
What happens when artificial intelligence is no longer used simply as a tool, but as a partner in human performance, learning, decision-making, and even physical recovery? That question became the central theme of my research. Across the articles and videos I reviewed, three ideas stood out most: the growing partnership between people and machines, theContinue reading “How Can Artificial Intelligence Expand Human Capability?”
The 9 Commandments
On Empowerment In our technologically advanced society, where “give me now” is the predominant mindset, children do not understand the value of patience, dedication and the antiquity involved in getting where we are as a nation. History is often a glazed eye subject for them while not understanding the importance in lessons learned. To youth, anything theyContinue reading “The 9 Commandments”
What Does It Mean to Know?
Who we are is revealed not only through what we say about ourselves, but through how we act. Oets Kolk Bouwsma once wrote that a person’s life shows what that person truly thinks of themselves. He made a similar observation about Socrates, noting that Socrates both spoke highly and acted highly, while others spoke highlyContinue reading “What Does It Mean to Know?”
How Do We Know What We Know?
What does it really mean to know something, and how do human beings turn experience, observation, reasoning, and interaction into knowledge? I would normally begin by defining the word knowledge to create a foundation for the discussion. In this case, though, I want to begin with my own understanding. To know something means that IContinue reading “How Do We Know What We Know?”