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It's difficult getting to the root of a problem when the focus is on the fruit. There are few absolute solutions to complex issues. The best that can be offered is mutual understanding and a desire to provide the most benefit in lieu of the least harm. |
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Who wants to gnaw on a root when the fruit is within reach! A new matrix to problem solving needs to take into consideration self interest and mutual understanding. Our current linear model for political argument lacks the transparency to promote mutual understanding and allows the agenda of self interest to be hidden from view. The debate model many educational systems promote and most legal system foster provides a linear method of argumentation that limits solutions to polarizing points of view. Complex problems are not guilty or innocent. They have thousands of ramifications and consequences. |
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The concept of the root or a hierarchical method to a solution is not the optimal path to problem solving. A better visualization of a complex problem is a geodesic sphere, where each node represents a satisfactory solution for an individual or like thinking group. Connecting nodes represent alternative solutions which may or may not support each other. The geodesic model describes a process with the potential to enhance the public sphere. |
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By Scott Nesler
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"The Sound of Silence"
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