I don’t think finding a language to talk will come from being co-opted in a bad-faith narrative where up is down and black is white, just because some people are angry and have been led to believe they want to tear truth up to revert to a game in which it is only who has power — wrongly believing it is them.
One brings character back into a community by first having character, and being willing to hang onto it. The common language will have to come from having a material commitment to other people’s wellbeing, with enough understanding of their circumstances to address the complexity of those circumstances substantively. I think some of that will be barn-building without talking, and the building may need to go on for a while before there is a shared base of activity to talk about. Those who want to solve problems will need to accept that as the responsibility for the end they want, and do whatever they can think of to get to the goal, rather than being distracted by showing that they were “right" in some dispute. Shed the vanity; keep an eye on what matters. If there are others who just want to throw bombs and don’t want to contribute to understanding or helping anything, then that is part of the situation we have to deal with. Good-faith people from any starting point are welcomed. The nature of the problems will sort out who is contributing to solving something. > On Jan 31, 2020, at 8:35 AM, <thompnicks...@gmail.com> > <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Or screw your country after drifting into dementia. > > But … I have to keep remembering … there are many people in my life whom I > respect and who are trumpy. > > Some how we have to find the occasion and the language to talk. > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > thompnicks...@gmail.com <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:36 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Trumps motives not judiciable because they are "in his > head" > > Eric writes: > > “That is why he takes case after case that have no legal merits, to preen by > showing that it is the singer — particularly the singer Dershowitz — > entirely, and not at al the song.” > > One would think that after a long career at an elite U.S. university, one > might look back on their career with a sense of calm and satisfaction. > Or maybe if one was mayor of a great U.S. city during a dark period, that > would provide a sufficient pool of self-esteem? People come to be happier > as they age, and accept their limitations and the journey of their life… > Nah! Why not really screw the country before drifting into dementia? > > 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 > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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