definitions – applied generalization

The virtual community of a handful with an interest in our new institute may be the start of something good and lasting.

But our mission needs a definition, otherwise a proper Instîtute for Applied Generalization will never be realized – with its Journal (web-based), its Society (meeting as often as common sense dictates) and a thriving membership of nose scratching thinkers.

Applied Generalization – the practice of looking at complex situations, stripping them down to essentials, applying common sense analysis and postulating helpful solutions. 

What would it look like? Say, a journalist needs to back a hunch with a sensible, fact-based observation and a named quote, but doesn’t know which expert to turn to since they all are too complicated. At I4AG he or she gets a two-page report and some punchy sentences.

It could work.