The Need for Truth
Now more than ever.
Donald Trump was inaugurated today for his second term as President. A lot will unfold about how the federal government will operate and how we will view and treat our fellow citizens and neighbors.
Key during this time will be our willingness to find the truth - looking for what is really happening and underlying what is communicated to all of us, especially now.
Yale historian Joanne Freeman (author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War) reported on how the inaugural proceeding are going with respect to truth.
For us to make good decisions, it’s critical that we surface real facts and real information that represents the true state of being.
Of course, this is why we need journalists, scientists, investigators, experts – these are the champions of truth-seeking, and we need to support them and their work.
I’m relaunching this newsletter, Decisions, because more voices in support of truth seems important right now.
In this newsletter relaunch, I plan to focus on some critical areas:
Decision making – in our public functions, in private business, in groups, even in artificial intelligence
The importance of truth and our values in that decision making
History – highlighting what actually happened and sifting through myths, so we learn the right lessons to inform our future decisions
Self-governance and democracy – these represent how we agree to make decisions collectively to shape the communities in which we want to live
And I’m also excited to share some announcements in the coming weeks.
About the tagline “Seek Truth. Honor Differences.” - if we all sought the truth and all honored our differences, we'd make better decisions with our lives and our society. It also boils down to how optimal decision making is performed – more on this in future notes…
Thanks for being part of this relaunch; I look forward to hearing from you.
Narratives
The book I’m reading or movie I’m watching
“Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter” by New York Times tech reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
From the book jacket: “This is the defining story of our time told with uncommon style and rigor. In a world of viral ideas and emotion, who gets to control the narrative, who gets to be heard, and what does power really cost?”
GIF Game
Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man
Decisions with Mic Farris
Seek Truth. Honor Differences.
