> All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out what's > true
The better way to figure it out is to read The Times, The Economist, Le Monde diplomatique (in English http://mondediplo.com), and a couple of Russian newspapers :-) --Mikhail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela McCorduck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Problems in Modeling Nature,With Its Unruly Nat... > As a longtime subscriber to both the Times and the Economist, I can > tell you that the Economist certainly has a point of view; you detect > it, you smile and move on. Their writing is sprightlier than that of > the Times (though the Times is trying harder these days), but hardly > "all the facts." > > > "All human beings have this burden in life to constantly figure out > what's true, what's authentic, what's meaningful, what's dross, what's > a hallucination, what's a figment, what's madness. We all need to > figure out what is valuable, constantly. As a writer, all I am doing > is posing the question in a way that people can see very clearly." > > Maxine Hong Kingston > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
