‽istis reclaims Humility and Caution - (weekending August 3rd
2019)
‽istis
sat and pondered how different the world might be if just* perhaps, possibly,
maybe integrity, humility and caution were a little more common and naked enthusiasm
and hubris were a little less obvious…
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if
perhaps public figures said what they meant (‘Brexit means…’ more than the
repetition of a possibly contrived noun in a soundbite to shame an undressed
Emperor) - and meant what they said undisguised by the aphorisms of a ‘dead
language’, bluster, distraction, answering a different question altogether or living
and thriving clichés and mantras
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if
possibly 52:48 was recognised as a small majority of those who voted rather
than ‘the country chose…’
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maybe
experts (including those with expertise from experience) were indeed valued, and
if ‘evidence-based’ (with methodology scrutinised rigorously and due caution
applied if reliability and validity can be questioned) was a more significant
driver in policy-making - for if expertise and evidence don’t matter what else
provides the foundation for policy?
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if
competence and confidence were balanced so that effectiveness was maximised
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if
‘sorry’ was not the hardest word; if the mindset revealed by comments that
offend was perhaps open to internal reflection and reconsideration and not so
much batted away with a ‘taken out of context’
…then what else might be different in public
discourse, in policy and practice and in the outcomes for us all?
PS: just*: a million-to-one chance?
© Pistis
