I vote to induct Nick into the Friam Hall of Fame (INFame?) On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:56 AM <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahem. Speaking as the “Dean” (oldest surviving member) of this > distinguished mostly geriatric community, I think respect goes both ways, > or it goes nowhere. So, those of us who seek to command respect must be > prepared to give it, particularly to such memes as OK Boomer, which I think > expresses quite aptly an impatience with anybody who asserts old knowledge > just because it is old. I, of course, am Pre-boomer, a Silent. If a meme > were started, “Be silent, Silent!” I would resist it (obviously) but I sure > as hell would respect it, and try to mine it for its implicit content. > > > > I quite like my status as Dean, by the way. When FRIAM is given a > collective Nobel, I expect to lead you all into the celebratory dinner, > bearing our staff in my crooked hand, shuffling along in my bedroom > slippers, my shirt untucked from my honorific belt, muttering over and > over again, “Metaphor all the way down, you fuckers!” > > > > By the way, Jon, it’s funny to see you take so stridently a “youthist” > position, you, who have perhaps more than any other, sought to support and > harvest value from the fading *eminences grises* amongst us. Still. > Point taken. > > > > Oh, and, Glen: thanks for collecting the products of the firehose into > puddles. Otherwise I would surely have drowned. > > > > Nick > > > > Nick Thompson > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Jon Zingale > *Sent:* Sunday, October 31, 2021 2:23 PM > *To:* friam@redfish.com > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Unrecognized Thinkers > > > > "Memes can spread as if they are amplified, for instance the stupid > 'Let's Go, Brandon' meme or the dull 'OK Boomer' reply." > > > > Well, it certainly is your thread to bend. My feeling is that corrosion > and destruction can often arise as part of a creative process. Age > demographics in politics in the United States, to my view, are pretty off > balance. My personal plan is to help cultivate a different one. Nothing > against old people, of course, but in the next elections I plan to rank > choice not by party but simply by age. > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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