I knew we could depend on you Doug!
My own twisted optimism is nicely complemented by your, what do you call
it, /pragmatism/?
Sadly, to first order, I think your description of us as a "planet of
idiots" comes way too close... my only bicker with it is perhaps whether
there is something to be done about it?
And for the sake of the list's identity, is there a role for Complexity
Science in arriving at that answer or it's implementation.
- Steve
Salaam Mohammed,
Speaking as an American, I'm afraid that I can assert with a fair
degree of accuracy that percentage-wise, very few Americans are aware
of the historical/current events vis-a-vis US interactions with
mid-eastern political entities that you so accurately denote below.
For reasons that I fail to comprehend, we have truly become a nation
of idiots. Nearly as discouraging, if I may suggest, is the clear
emergence of multiple nations of Islamic idiots which seem to comprise
the majority of mid eastern countries these days. Perhaps the real
issue here is that we are a planet of idiots.
Several evolutions later the answer to all of this become apparent,
I'm sure, if biological life is still possible on this planet then.
Best,
--Doug
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