Scott J. Pearson

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I invent software for scientific researchers at Vanderbilt (Edge for Scholars). Book review writer. Husband, Dad, Mentor, Collaborator, Lateral Thinker. Jazz lover. Bipolar. Christian & progressive.
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Scott J. PearsonJul 4, 2023
Sing, Wild Bird, Sing: A Novel https://scottjpearson.com/sing-wild-bird-sing-a-novel/
Sing, Wild Bird, Sing: A Novel - Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

This plot's preamble begins in 19th-century Oregon, but quickly pivots to a prior time in Ireland during the famine of 1847. It shares the true story of an entire starving village traveling to its British landlord begging for food. Sadly, the landlord refuses succor, and the entire town dies beside a nearby lake. In O'Mahony's

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Scott J. PearsonJun 30, 2023
The Ethics of Pandemics: An Introduction https://scottjpearson.com/the-ethics-of-pandemics-an-introduction/
The Ethics of Pandemics: An Introduction

For most of us, the COVID-19 pandemic was one that we would not choose to relive. Unfortunately, epidemics on a international stage occur with relative frequency, every decade or so. While how to a…

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Scott J. PearsonJun 25, 2023
Product Management In Practice: A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century https://scottjpearson.com/product-management-in-practice-a-real-world-guide-to-the-key-connective-role-of-the-21st-century/
Product Management In Practice: A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century

Product management is a new role in the world of business. Mainly built around building and deploying technology, product managers began to spring up in early-21st-century corporations. They have b…

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Scott J. PearsonJun 24, 2023
Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us? A Layperson’s Guide to the Concepts, Math & Pitfalls of AI https://scottjpearson.com/is-the-algorithm-plotting-against-us-a-laypersons-guide-to-the-concepts-math-pitfalls-of-ai/
Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us? A Layperson’s Guide to the Concepts, Math & Pitfalls of AI

Post-pandemic, perhaps no STEM topic has gripped the news quite like Artificial Intelligence (AI). For almost a century (since Isaac Asimov), science-fiction writers have dreamed of computers gaini…

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Scott J. PearsonJun 21, 2023
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness https://scottjpearson.com/desperate-remedies-psychiatrys-turbulent-quest-to-cure-mental-illness/
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness

I must begin this review with a confession of my biases. I have had bipolar disorder for 20 years and have learned through hard-fought experience how to control it. I also have progressed through m…

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Scott J. PearsonJun 17, 2023
The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Poetic Version https://scottjpearson.com/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-a-poetic-version/
The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Poetic Version

The Epic of Gilgamesh, the truly ancient of ancient stories, is vitally important to civilization for several reasons. First, it’s a really good story talking about the meaning of life, much …

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Scott J. PearsonJun 16, 2023
The Life She Wanted: A Novel https://scottjpearson.com/the-life-she-wanted-a-novel/
The Life She Wanted: A Novel

Pandora Carmichael is the daughter of a once-famous tennis player who now teaches the sport to the well-to-do in the Hudson Valley in 1920s New York. She grows up around opulence, but she possesses…

Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review
Scott J. PearsonJun 16, 2023
The Life She Wanted: A Novel https://scottjpearson.com/the-life-she-wanted-a-novel/
The Life She Wanted: A Novel

Pandora Carmichael is the daughter of a once-famous tennis player who now teaches the sport to the well-to-do in the Hudson Valley in 1920s New York. She grows up around opulence, but she possesses…

Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review
Scott J. PearsonJun 13, 2023
Flatlands https://scottjpearson.com/flatlands/
Flatlands

Telling her story in a journal, Freda evacuates from London in anticipation of German bombing. She comes from a humble family with weak bonds to each other. Her grandmother Nan is the only person s…

Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review
Scott J. PearsonJun 4, 2023
The Product Manager’s Guide: Strategy, Psychology & Leadership at Work https://scottjpearson.com/the-product-managers-guide-strategy-psychology-leadership-at-work/
The Product Manager’s Guide: Strategy, Psychology & Leadership at Work

In a diverse business, a product manager oversees all of the projects for several products. That is, it sits a step above project managers on the org chart. This corporate designation seems to exis…

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