There are the sheeple, and then there the people that can't see the forest for the trees.
-----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Steven A Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 5:22 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes | TechCrunch Unfortunately I agree. I was aware of this AS "thoughtless prey" after I got snookered into helping Ronald Reagan displace Jimmy Carter for what turned out to be *all the wrong reasons*... It was a painful but good lesson. I was a mere 22 at the time. I could have known better, but I didn't. I raised my daughters very carefully to make sure they were not easy prey for this kind of stuff, but my older daughter still fell to the populist meme that suggested that Hillary was the best choice for president because she is a woman and a democrat and "her time had come". She finally now acknowledges that Bernie was very mishandled by both Hillary and the DNC and that he had a significantly better chance to have kept the Donald out... but she was adamant right up through the counting and shouting that went on through January. We are too often the dreaded "sheeple". Baaahhaaaa! On 4/11/17 4:49 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Steve writes: > > < They are popular *because* they are loudmouth jerks with no obvious > true moral compass (is that what you mean by scumbag?). > > > There is a benefit when people that have examined their lives and the world > around them lead those that are unable or unwilling to do the same. Without > this leadership, some of the latter group are prone to irresponsible behavior > that can bring harm to everyone. Unfortunately, there is limited incentive > to provide this leadership, only the certainty of trouble otherwise. It is > not clear to me how to rebuild these control systems for this century. It > seems to be a burden on productive people. So what we have instead are > populist scumbags who see that all of this ignorance can be exploited for > personal gain. The deeper problem are all the thoughtless prey that need to > be herded around and told what to think. The scumbags are just one kind of > natural predator. > > 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 ============================================================ 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 ============================================================ 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
