I haven’t heard the terms “thin problems” and “thick problems.” Are these yours, Patrick? They’re wonderfully intuitive: if I hadn’t heard the terms before, I still knew what you meant. Thanks.
As for the techno-liberterians of Silicon Valley, it’s useless to remind them that they ride on a grand government investment of half a century ago, that none of them, individually, or collectively, would have made. But on this, I save my breath to cool my soup. Pamela On Dec 28, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Patrick Reilly <patrick.rei...@ipsociety.net> wrote: > Well, the main point I have (unless Nick's psychoanalysis of my thinly > submitted aggressiveness is the real story) is that I believe that there are > thin problems and thick problems, and that solvers of thin problems are > overly regarded in Silicon Valley culture. > > Such captains of industry think that, if they could have coded Twitter, then > they know all that they need to to address any discoverable problem after a > day or two's investigation. So the referenced article on the dilemma of > Physics will be a valuable reference for me in suggesting that some problems > are thick problems . . . and require extensive data-gathering. > > And yes, I am tired of hearing from techno-Libertarians that all political > problems and privacy rights issues are easily solvable by merely limiting or > hobbling government action. Particularly when IMHO there are currently > numerous private corporate entities that need to be better restrained and > regulated. > > > > --- Pat > > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:35 PM, gepr <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, I'm very interested in your responses, being an ex-libertarian with > both marxist and observationalist friends. > > On Dec 28, 2015 1:35 PM, "Patrick Reilly" <patrick.rei...@ipsociety.net> > wrote: > > > > I'm mainly worried that my educational session with Nick is boring everyone > > else. > > ============================================================ > 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 > > > > -- > The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and > confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) > named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the > original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, please send > an email to patrick.rei...@ipsociety.net. > ============================================================ > 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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