In comunist America Presidents Choose You!
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Glen - > > I don't mind the irony. In fact, the old saying "fight fire with fire" >> wouldn't exist if it _never_ worked. >> > I agree... I just couldn't leave it unstated. > > What I'm interested in, since this is a list presumably about >> _complexity_, >> > I thought it was about coffee on friday mornings? > > is the (piecewise) linearity of the proposal. No comments are made about >> the unintended consequences of getting any of these people elected. Sure, >> I want to vote for candidates who support campaign finance reform... but >> would I want my donation to fund Sarah Palin's campaign if she promised to >> support it? ... No >> > Yes, the problem of "single issue" voting which I think is identical to > "single-variable optimization" seems obvious to some of us, yet maybe not > to the masses? > > . I have the same problem with the claims that the libertarians can team >> up with the progressives on some issues. You can tell a lot about a person >> by looking at their friends. >> > "Politics makes strange bedfellows". Does that qualify for "wouldn't > exist if it never worked!" ? > > It seems to me the inherent problem is not the particular issues, nor the >> funding. The problem is the myopic focus... the "single issue"-ness of >> most current politics. And that involves everything from "if it bleeds it >> leads" to line item vetos to minimum standard sentences. It goes way way >> beyond campaign finance or even lobbying in general. >> >> It doesn't seem to me like "out linear the linear" works the same way >> "fight fire with fire" works. >> > Well said. > > p.s. However I approve of almost everything Lessig supports... so, >> donating your money here is probably a good thing. But not because of this >> particular issue. Rather because the people behind it have a decent >> _cloud_ of vectors. Change the people and you change the nature of the >> organization. >> > I respect that way of thinking. > > - Steve > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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