In the landscape of human decision-making, the dynamic between reason and passion has long intrigued philosophers. David Hume, the 18th-century empiricist, famously argued that passion is the true driver of human actions and that reason, while important, is ultimately the servant of our desires. This idea resonates in many areas of life, from corporate boardrooms to public policy, where decisions that seem purely rational often have emotional roots. Immanuel Kant, on the other hand, proposed that while we may be …
Author: Dan Kwakye
These famous words of Yoda from the Star Wars franchise captures the need for full commitment or full measures. In light of this, one may question the practicality or relevance of the iterative and incremental methodology. Perhaps at the intersection of these two schools of thought, we can envision a worldview where a merger takes place, where one is absorbed by the other. For eg., whilst operating under the iterative model, each iteration can be loaded with ones’ full focus …
Embracing chaos and leveraging determinism. This approach is like walking a tightrope: on one side, you accept that life is unpredictable and chaotic, but on the other, you recognize that understanding causality and planning can help you navigate that chaos more effectively. Determinism, at its core, holds that events are caused by preceding factors. If we can identify those factors and understand their relationships, we can anticipate outcomes and influence them to some degree. This doesn’t negate chaos—it works alongside …
Inherent in certain cultures is the over-reliance on folk wisdom against original thought. So much that it defines every aspect of everyday life. The detriment of such a phenomenon cannot be overstated. There, innovation is an alien, a tiring endeavour seen as an absolute waste of time and a pursuit of fringe thinkers. In such societies, life is not created, for newborns are only ushered into the mundane “predictabilities” of their predecessors. …
If a quantitative assessment of “Multi Stimuli Oversight” (MSO) indicates a person’s ability to perceive their surroundings with oblivion, in business, will the knowledge of this quantity influence social-science fueled domains such as economics and marketing? …
If words are indeed mightier than the sword, I bet the most prized, the most invaluable career ever lies in the dominion of Oration. If words can move mountains what else can they move? Governments? What about the World? Picture this – the world’s most powerful person has on their business card: [insert_name] Storyteller …
In any given state, when causalities are perfectly aligned, the manifestation of an expected outcome is almost inevitable. Murphy’s Law 2.0. Predictive Engineering 101 …
It appears that as we course through the cosmos hitching a ride on this rock called Earth, and the manifestation of our thoughts (our actions) are often the by-product of our logical and empathic functions, the problem now becomes: where does one end and where does the other begin? Of course, it becomes obvious that our capacity to solve the problem often derives from a quantitative assessment of the variation of our logical and empathic functions. And deriving from the …
It appears that as we course through the cosmos hitching a ride on this rock called Earth, our existential pursuits and for that matter manifestations can be categorised into two: pleasures and responsibilities. Hedonism meets Obligations. And a deliberate attempt to understand the dynamics of the two is needed for an efficient navigation of life on this rock. …
The idea that somewhere in the cosmos there exist a “safe haven” where the cosmic founder and president houses earthlings he has consciously detached from their loved ones is actually quite ludicrous when given further thought. …
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