You're right, Roger. We must pay more attention to the dearest live ones. On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote:
> Ah, the mortality is getting thick. My high school buddy Aaron had a > fatal massive heart attack in August. My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to > cancer on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and my > brother. Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed away on > November 2. Cosma Shalizi has posted a memoriam for Stephen E. Fienberg > today on his weblog, his first entry since the end of August. You begin to > worry about the people you haven't checked in with lately. > > -- rec -- > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I >> discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM. >> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin < >> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote: >> >>> A message from Yaneer: >>> >>> >>> In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling >>> December 13, 2016 >>> >>> Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed >>> away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction >>> and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were >>> and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as >>> well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems. >>> >>> In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear >>> confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability >>> through mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not >>> just deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful >>> coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and >>> political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global >>> destruction. >>> >>> In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems >>> science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective >>> behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often >>> is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of >>> analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near >>> others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated >>> communities. >>> >>> Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and >>> important questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple >>> answers. And the answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of >>> the world around us and the challenges we are facing. >>> >>> This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the >>> National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke >>> with Tom to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear >>> confrontation. He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should >>> not be concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about >>> the unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood >>> better not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the >>> greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself. >>> >>> Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and >>> wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis. >>> >>> I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his >>> papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk >>> with him. >>> >>> There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions, >>> there are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are >>> diminished at his passing. >>> >>> Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA >>> >>> [image: New England Complex Systems Institute] >>> >>> New England Complex Systems Institute >>> 210 Broadway Suite 101 >>> Cambridge, MA 02139 >>> Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100> >>> Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711> >>> necsi.edu >>> >>> --------------- >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the cx-web list, please FORWARD this message to >>> progr...@necsi.edu, EDIT the subject to read "Unsubscribe" and include all >>> alternate email addresses in the body of your message. 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