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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > By the way, all. > > > > What nick said was, “[For such a person as trump,] there is no truth of > the matter, there is only the exercise of power.” > > > > Nick, himself, is irrationally dedicated to there being a truth, and that, > with effort and good will, people can arrive at it. > > > > [signed] > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Marcus > Daniels > *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 6:41 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Cc:* penny thompson <penny.thomp...@earthlink.net>; 'Bruce Simon' < > bjs...@yahoo.com>; 'Dix McComas' <dixmccom...@gmail.com>; 'Grant Franks' < > grantfra...@earthlink.net> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again] > > > > Nick writes: > > > > “*There is no truth of the matter; there is only the exercise of power. “* > > > > [..] > > > > “So, if we are going to counter Trump, it cannot be by demonstrating that > he lies. It has to be by demonstrating that liars don’t win.” > > > > He’s old and nearing the last round of his iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma > game. He wants everyone to know about his power and -- this is perhaps > giving him too much credit -- his defection. As far as objective > consequences to denying the truth, what are possible ways he could go down? > > > > 1) He fails to make policies that are consistent with economic > possibility and creates a serious global recession. > > 2) He insults the GOP leadership and bullies them when they are not > going to move. > > 3) He does more illegal things thinking no one will notice, and is > forced out in disgrace like Nixon. > > 4) He deregulates to the point that there is a conspicuous health or > safety crisis that impacts millions. > > > > Climate change probably won’t get him in the next four years unless there > is some big tipping point. > > If any of these things happen, it would probably unspool the whole > administration, but not necessarily. > > > > Marcus > > > > ============================================================ > 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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