by John Macdonald | Sep 11, 2022 | The250
Joseph Nicephore Niepce took the first photo in 1826. In 2022, we’ll take approximately 4.7 billion per day and 1.72 trillion per year. The devices we call smartphones today could plausibly, and maybe more accurately, be called... by John Macdonald | Sep 10, 2022 | The250
To be clear, “eat more veggies” is usually the perfect advice to help make anybody and everybody healthier. But it’s also not going to work. My daughter is a young professional dietician, fresh off years of academic study with several degrees and... by John Macdonald | Sep 9, 2022 | The250
According to published US Lifesaving Association statistics, lifeguards at US beaches made 47555 rescues in 2021. Over that same time 65 people drowned at unguarded beaches. How many of the 47555 would have drowned if not rescued? Of course, we... by John Macdonald | Sep 8, 2022 | The250
Pragmatism gets a bad rap. Sometimes deservedly so. Pragmatists are labeled flip-floppers, scoffed at as non-believers, or painted as having no integrity. Are those labels earned? Ideology makes everything monochromatic by assuming objective right and wrong, best and... by John Macdonald | Sep 7, 2022 | The250
Reality, not truth, is based on experience. But experience is easily fooled, as is perspective. The smell test (known as Occam’s razor in academia and “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck” in kindergarten) is simultaneously the best tool and a complete... by John Macdonald | Sep 6, 2022 | The250
Reality and truth are not synonyms. Truth is objective and permanent. Truth does not depend on you or anyone else’s perception. We can use truth and fact interchangeably. Reality is subjective and ephemeral. Reality relies on your or someone else’s...