"I know everyone will laugh at me for this. But I tend to think of Canada as more powerful than the US ... but it's a "soft" style, like judo vs karate."
Look at small cities like Burnaby BC where they are inventing and commercializing quantum computing (D-Wave) and fusion energy (General Fusion). It does make one pause to think what is possible with a steady but focused approach. Marcus ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of ?glen? <geprope...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:28:52 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind Clinton | FiveThirtyEight Those are all excellent points and I find it difficult to disagree with any of them. But I'll try anyway. 8^) ... interleaved below. On 11/11/2016 05:54 PM, VLADIMYR BURACHYNSKY wrote: > Knowing that power is an illusion seems to make little difference to those > that believe Power is the Ultimate Goal. > Often the illusion requires pure cruelty to be regularly applied as > confirmation of its existence, followed then by ardent denial. > Believing in Power is a type of madness that justifies annihilation of > non-Believers. > So should we all become two-faced hypocrites just to Survive the Madness? Well, yes, except that we need more than 2 faces, perhaps an infinitely extensible face-field, adaptable to whatever (illusory) power structure we find available at any given time+place? I suppose it may not be quite right to call it "illusory". If thinking in terms of power provides predictable levers by which to manipulate people, then it lies somewhere between illusion and reality. Do all things that _work_ have to exist ontologically? Is potential energy just as real as kinetic energy? > My father tried to teach that strategy to his boys as a consequence of his > incarceration during the war years. > "Make, nice and live" Heh, my dad was obviously (at least) 2-faced. To everyone outside the family, he was jolly go lucky nice guy to have around, compassionate boss, tough but fair tax assessor, etc. To us, he was tyrant and drill sergeant, "this hurts me more than it does you but it's for your own good" benevolent dictator. Such context-dependent power wielding was an inherent part of my upbringing. > bye the way I do relish reading your pithy notes. I love your subdued yet > civilized ferocity. Thanks. And you never fail to pry at the interesting fissures! > I have noted that Control Freaks are generally very loosely attached to > ethics. > That lack of ethics is often considered Ruthlessness and so Clever replaces > Intelligence. > So what should Canada do about a possible invasion from our neighbours to > the south. > I expect such refugees are going to be problematic... > Canada is well aware of the constraints imposed by the Americans and our > independence has been extraordinarily difficult to maintain. I know everyone will laugh at me for this. But I tend to think of Canada as more powerful than the US ... but it's a "soft" style, like judo vs karate. If Canada can continue softening and redirecting the US's (and the UK's) more savant-like actions, it will play a critical role in the formation of the coming landscape. We are like children whose stature has outstripped their parents'. Yes, we can flatten our parents with a good body-slam or straight up punches. But we're no match for even the slightest subtlety. Studious manipulation is what we need, especially with our new Clown in Chief. -- ?glen? ============================================================ 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 FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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