Re: [FRIAM] InformedElectorate (= votethewill.com)

2017-01-25 Thread Dean Gerber 
Nick--
It is a scam.
--Dean 

On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 10:09 PM, Nick Thompson 
 wrote:
 

 Hi, 
everybody,   I have been pestered by an organization called InformedElectorate 
asking me if I want to join a group of a half million people who will be 
regularly surveyed on important questions of the day.  They use a very odd 
system of semi-robocalls.  On the first call, I said, sure why not?  ON the 
second call  they blasted me with an screed for a donation of 25 dollars to 
cover the “large expenses” of their effort.  If I weren’t such an old Yankee 
skinflint, I might have gone for it.  But it began to seem to me that for 12.5 
million dollars forms the basis for a mighty good business plan.  I am trying 
to confirm that it is a scam, but until that time, I thought I would alert you 
all.  FWIW, they made scambusters.    Now, you’re all going to write back 
telling me that OF COURSE it’s a scam; why am I so late to the party?    
Signed,   Your Naïve Old Yankee Skinflint.    Nicholas S. ThompsonEmeritus 
Professor of Psychology and BiologyClark 
Universityhttp://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/  

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[FRIAM] InformedElectorate (= votethewill.com)

2017-01-25 Thread Nick Thompson 
Hi, everybody, 

 

I have been pestered by an organization called InformedElectorate asking me
if I want to join a group of a half million people who will be regularly
surveyed on important questions of the day.  They use a very odd system of
semi-robocalls.  On the first call, I said, sure why not?  ON the second
call  they blasted me with an screed for a donation of 25 dollars to cover
the “large expenses” of their effort.  If I weren’t such an old Yankee
skinflint, I might have gone for it.  But it began to seem to me that for
12.5 million dollars forms the basis for a mighty good business plan.  I am
trying to confirm that it is a scam, but until that time, I thought I would
alert you all.  FWIW, they made scambusters.  

 

Now, you’re all going to write back telling me that OF COURSE it’s a scam;
why am I so late to the party?  

 

Signed, 

 

Your Naïve Old Yankee Skinflint.  

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 


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Re: [FRIAM] Check it out

2017-01-25 Thread Marcus Daniels 
The presterity.org site look good!  (Good insofar as discouraging content goes.)


Economist's Intelligence Unit reports that we are now officially broken.  Well 
done, America!


Full democracies (starting from the best):  Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New 
Zealand, Denmark, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Australia, Luxembourg, 
Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Malta, United Kingdom, Spain, Mauritius, and 
Uruguay.


We're #2 in the `Flawed democracies'  after Japan and tied with Italy.

Hmm, how is science & tech in Uruguay?


http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016


From: Friam  on behalf of glen ? 

Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:11:25 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Check it out

On 01/25/2017 09:37 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
> New wiki site to keep an eye on Trump:  presterity.og

Interesting and practical implementation of the "keep a list" idea.  Thanks!

--
? glen


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[FRIAM] thank you Trevor Noah

2017-01-25 Thread Gillian Densmore 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSQm3hqEUU

https://youtu.be/5MSQm3hqEUU?t=6m53s

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Re: [FRIAM] Check it out

2017-01-25 Thread glen ☣ 
On 01/25/2017 09:37 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
> New wiki site to keep an eye on Trump:  presterity.og

Interesting and practical implementation of the "keep a list" idea.  Thanks!

-- 
☣ glen


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[FRIAM] Check it out

2017-01-25 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
New wiki site to keep an eye on Trump:  presterity.og

-- 
Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
​Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
ecosgathering.org​
​
Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding
Saint Paul University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada​


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