Good point glen. Maybie agree to some kind of middle ground then? Just off the top of my head before taking a much needed shower.: Try to focus more on hopeful upbeat solutions. Or Link to a blog that has hopefull ideas
Just On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:32 AM, glen ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Heh, of course you can politely ask. And as much as I agree with you, > particularly about Trump, it damages _us_ as a whole to avoid talking about > such messes. As Marcus lays out nicely and has been pointed out variously > across time (e.g. "the only thing necessary for evil to exist is for good > people to remain silent"). We must talk about it. To avoid talking about > it is tantamount to condoning the messy state. > > Plus, as things like AI rise, it's our obligation (those of us who know > some little bits about AI) to place the political mess in that context. > What does it mean to have a tech-illiterate in control of our country? > What does it mean when a tech-illiterate cites a narcissist techy like > Assange? ... and takes advice from another narcissist like Thiel? ... and a > globalist like Tillerson? ... etc. > > These tech-centric issues are inside our wheelhouse. Further, this sort > of topic is right in line with "applied complexity", one of the supposed > foci of the list. When you're over-loaded, just hit the delete key. We > all get over-loaded sometimes and have to unplug for awhile. > > > On 01/05/2017 09:19 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Can I politely ask that those who want to keep track of america's > infurating polotical mess agree to email eachother. > > The topic quite litterally leads me to have migranes about BS I have > very little say in. I suspect others might be the same. > > -- > ☣ 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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