{"id":334,"date":"2008-02-15T00:16:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T04:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken\/2008\/02\/15\/the-nature-of-the-biz-pragmatism-expediency-conscience-and-insanity\/"},"modified":"2008-02-15T00:16:28","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T04:16:28","slug":"the-nature-of-the-biz-pragmatism-expediency-conscience-and-insanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/the-nature-of-the-biz-pragmatism-expediency-conscience-and-insanity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nature of the Biz: Pragmatism, Expediency, Conscience, and Insanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andreakirkby\/339729982\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/130\/339729982_6e3e1a201c_m.jpg\" alt=\"Ely cathedral maze by andreakkk on flickr\"  title=\"Ely cathedral maze by andreakkk on flickr\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/pragmatic\">prag\u00c2\u00b7mat\u00c2\u00b7ic<\/a><\/strong>: <em>related to matters of fact or practical affairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/expedient\">ex\u00c2\u00b7pe\u00c2\u00b7di\u00c2\u00b7ent<\/a><\/strong>: <em>concern with what is opportune; especially : governed by self-interest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/conscience\">con\u00c2\u00b7science<\/a><\/strong>: <em> a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/thesaurus\/insanity\">insanity<\/a><\/strong>: <em>lack of good sense or judgment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Is it <i>pragmatic<\/i> to do what we are told when reason and experience tells us we will not succeed?<\/p>\n<p>Is it <i>expedient<\/i> to divert ourselves from meaningful contribution?<\/p>\n<p>Some achieve success by accomplishing little. They don&#8217;t create, they consume. They wring wealth from the sweat of another&#8217;s brow.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of us, playing along defies sense. We surrender our best selves to a creeping mediocrity which will eventually rob us of much more than we risk by acting from <em>conscience<\/em> now.<\/p>\n<p>Why surrender to the group <em>insanity<\/em> of business as usual?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>prag\u00c2\u00b7mat\u00c2\u00b7ic: related to matters of fact or practical affairs. ex\u00c2\u00b7pe\u00c2\u00b7di\u00c2\u00b7ent: concern with what is opportune; especially : governed by self-interest. con\u00c2\u00b7science: a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts. insanity: lack of good sense or judgment. 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