healthcare epistemocrat: Grazie

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Grazie

It's been fun; it's been a great run.
My blogging career is now done.

Grazie.

Finally,

Ancestry - My grandfather's physician-leadership legacy:

Long-time Vallejo physician leader leaves rich legacy

I'll leave my essays up for folks to peruse leisurely.

One last time: Thanks to Dave Lull (thx2DL).

Ciao,

Brent

5 comments:

Paleo PhilJuly 13, 2011 3:17 PM
Thanks for the interesting blog posts you shared, Brent. Good luck with your future endeavors.
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Aaron BlaisdellJuly 14, 2011 10:36 PM
Sorry to hear you're closing shop. I guess you aren't underestimating how busy you'll be in med school! Good luck and see you soon for the event of the century!
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epistemocratJuly 15, 2011 12:13 AM
Thanks, Phil and Aaron.

I hope to keep writing during medical school, but I suspect that the genre of my publishing will morph from the essay-based thinkering of blogging to something more academically-oriented.

I also suspect the two will converge someday serendipitously, somehow.

Ciao,

Brent
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Aaron BlaisdellJuly 15, 2011 9:55 AM
A la Seth Roberts. Morph away!
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YOUNG GUNAugust 9, 2011 1:41 AM
On the lighter side....you can still post as a Dark Knight

All the best to your new endeavour and would be happy to see your essays soon.

Regards,
Pradeep.
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What is an Epistemocrat?

Caveat: Individuality is the spice of life ... Cura Personalis.

History: In his book, The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb defines an epistemocrat as "someone of epistemic humility, who holds his own knowledge in greatest suspicion." For Jerome Groopman, this person continues to search for answers by asking, "What else could it be?" Richard Feynman recommends to "keep the door to the unknown ajar." From Chester Newland's perspective, an epistemocrat never stops "searching for human dignity." Like Socrates said, "Wisdom is knowing how little we know."

Epoche, a Greek word that translates as "suspending judgment," lies at the heart of an epistemocrat's quest.

Today, an epistemocrat is a person who, concerned with what he or she does not know, engages in life-long learning and erudition to hedge dynamically against and to embrace uncertainty.

Essentially, an epistemocrat is a practitioner (a thinker and a doer; a Jesuit-spirited "contemplative in action") who respects (via paradoxes) the humble limits of being human and searches (via thinkering) for practical, real-world solutions that help us live and grow together in our increasingly complex and recursive world: diversify.

What is m=1/n=1 thinkering?

Thinking + Tinkering = thinkering.

It's an approach to searching and acting that combines m=1 personal my-thology and n=1 self-experimentation. Personal my-thology encompasses all the unique thoughts, feelings, inklings, beliefs, and reflections that flow through your stream of consciousness each day: your m=1 thinking. Self-experimentation is awareness of all the feedback and insights perceived from daily experiences: your n=1 tinkering. Hybridizing these two activities produces the bimodal modus operandi of thinkering.

The m=1/n=1 notation captures and respects individuality when it comes to the art and science of living gracefully.