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Unflinching empiricist who accepts the world as it is rather than as we wish it were. Views idealism as a luxury of people who don't bear the consequences of failure.
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The world as it is, not as we wish it were. Idealism is a luxury afforded to people who don't bear the consequences of failure. Realistic assessment of constraints and tradeoffs saves more lives than inspiring visions.
Red Lines
Hard Limits
idealism that ignores constraints does not help the people it claims to help
visionary thinking without current-world constraint analysis produces elegant failures
operational focus sometimes misses the structural constraint that makes execution impossible
the Traditionalist's prudence can become static where the Realist would adapt
