Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Steven A Smith 

All the old men (and women) are dying!

Is it a sign or is it a portent of things to come that Leonard Cohen and 
Fidel Castro both checked out soon with the election!?


Thanks Roger for letting us know about Weininger and Fienberg... I 
hadn't heard.



On 12/14/16 7:45 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
Ah,the mortality is getting thick.  My high school buddy Aaron had a 
fatal massive heart attack in August.  My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed 
to cancer on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and 
my brother.  Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed 
away on November 2.  Cosma Shalizi has posted a memoriam for Stephen 
E. Fienberg today on his weblog, his first entry since the end of 
August.  You begin to worry about the people you haven't checked in 
with lately.


-- rec --

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Merle Lefkoff > wrote:


Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I
discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation
ABM.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin
mailto:stephen.gue...@simtable.com>>
wrote:

A message from Yaneer:


In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
December 13, 2016

Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex
world, passed away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on
mutual assured destruction and on segregation showed he knew
what the most important questions were and had the ability to
answer them. In each case we gained new insight as well as
essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.

In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear
confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way
to stability through mutual assured destruction---whose
recognition would provide not just deterrence but calming
assurance---an incredible force for peaceful coexistence in a
century of the massive conflicts in world wars and political
uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
destruction.

In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex
systems science, the ability of individual agent choices to
result in collective behavior s. He understood that the
connection between them might, and often is, not clear to a
casual observer, but yields to the right kind of analysis. In
this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
others of the same type, manifests in the creation of
segregated communities.

Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep
and important questions, and remarkably clear and (in
retrospect) simple answers. And the answers were, and are,
essential to our understanding of the world around us and the
challenges we are facing.

This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from
the National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency, I spoke with Tom to learn from his insights into this
version of the nuclear confrontation. He was clear and
straightforward in his view that we should not be concerned,
and should not act with concern. After some thought about the
unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde
rstood better not only the reason for his statements but their
wisdom---one of the greatest destabilizing forces is the
concern itself.

Perhaps we should formally define the difference between
intelligent and wise as the ability to include one's own words
into the frame of analysis.

I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be
reading his papers and books for years to come. Still, I will
miss the chance to talk with him.

There are many who have gained from his intellectual
contributions, there are few if any who have not benefitted
from his wisdom. We are diminished at his passing.

Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute,
Cambridge, MA

New England Complex Systems Institute

New England Complex Systems Institute
210 Broadway Suite 101
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-547-4100 
Fax: 617-661-7711 
necsi.edu 

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Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Frank Wimberly 
Yes, having left Carnegie Mellon in 1998 I occasionally inquire about
former colleagues only to learn that they are deceased. Fienberg's office
was down the hall from mine but I didn't know him well.  On the other hand
I can count about 10 whom I did know well.  Most were younger than I.

Did you answer Nick about the bubble's performance in very cold weather.

Frank

Frank

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Phone (505) 670-9918

On Dec 14, 2016 7:45 PM, "Roger Critchlow"  wrote:

Ah, the mortality is getting thick.  My high school buddy Aaron had a fatal
massive heart attack in August.  My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to cancer
on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and my brother.
Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed away on November 2.
Cosma Shalizi has posted a memoriam for Stephen E. Fienberg today on his
weblog, his first entry since the end of August.  You begin to worry about
the people you haven't checked in with lately.

-- rec --

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
wrote:

> Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I
> discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM.
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin <
> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote:
>
>> A message from Yaneer:
>>
>>
>> In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
>> December 13, 2016
>>
>> Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed
>> away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction
>> and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were
>> and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as
>> well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.
>>
>> In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear
>> confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability
>> through mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not
>> just deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful
>> coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and
>> political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
>> destruction.
>>
>> In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems
>> science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective
>> behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often
>> is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of
>> analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
>> others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated
>> communities.
>>
>> Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and
>> important questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple
>> answers. And the answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of
>> the world around us and the challenges we are facing.
>>
>> This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the
>> National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke
>> with Tom to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear
>> confrontation. He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should
>> not be concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about
>> the unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood
>> better not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the
>> greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself.
>>
>> Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and
>> wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis.
>>
>> I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his
>> papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk
>> with him.
>>
>> There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions, there
>> are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are diminished
>> at his passing.
>>
>> Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA
>>
>> [image: New England Complex Systems Institute]
>>
>> New England Complex Systems Institute
>> 210 Broadway Suite 101
>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>> Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100>
>> Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711>
>> necsi.edu
>>
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Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
You're right, Roger.  We must pay more attention to the dearest live ones.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Roger Critchlow  wrote:

> Ah, the mortality is getting thick.  My high school buddy Aaron had a
> fatal massive heart attack in August.  My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to
> cancer on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and my
> brother.  Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed away on
> November 2.  Cosma Shalizi has posted a memoriam for Stephen E. Fienberg
> today on his weblog, his first entry since the end of August.  You begin to
> worry about the people you haven't checked in with lately.
>
> -- rec --
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I
>> discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin <
>> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A message from Yaneer:
>>>
>>>
>>> In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
>>> December 13, 2016
>>>
>>> Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed
>>> away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction
>>> and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were
>>> and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as
>>> well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.
>>>
>>> In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear
>>> confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability
>>> through mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not
>>> just deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful
>>> coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and
>>> political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
>>> destruction.
>>>
>>> In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems
>>> science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective
>>> behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often
>>> is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of
>>> analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
>>> others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated
>>> communities.
>>>
>>> Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and
>>> important questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple
>>> answers. And the answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of
>>> the world around us and the challenges we are facing.
>>>
>>> This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the
>>> National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke
>>> with Tom to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear
>>> confrontation. He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should
>>> not be concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about
>>> the unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood
>>> better not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the
>>> greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and
>>> wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis.
>>>
>>> I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his
>>> papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk
>>> with him.
>>>
>>> There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions,
>>> there are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are
>>> diminished at his passing.
>>>
>>> Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA
>>>
>>> [image: New England Complex Systems Institute]
>>>
>>> New England Complex Systems Institute
>>> 210 Broadway Suite 101
>>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>>> Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100>
>>> Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711>
>>> necsi.edu
>>>
>>> ---
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>>
>>
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>> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Roger Critchlow 
Ah, the mortality is getting thick.  My high school buddy Aaron had a fatal
massive heart attack in August.  My sister-in-law Mimi succumbed to cancer
on October 30 while I was flying back from visiting her and my brother.
Dave Weininger, master of chemical information, passed away on November 2.
Cosma Shalizi has posted a memoriam for Stephen E. Fienberg today on his
weblog, his first entry since the end of August.  You begin to worry about
the people you haven't checked in with lately.

-- rec --

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Merle Lefkoff 
wrote:

> Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I
> discovered Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM.
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin <
> stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote:
>
>> A message from Yaneer:
>>
>>
>> In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
>> December 13, 2016
>>
>> Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed
>> away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction
>> and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were
>> and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as
>> well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.
>>
>> In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear
>> confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability
>> through mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not
>> just deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful
>> coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and
>> political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
>> destruction.
>>
>> In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems
>> science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective
>> behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often
>> is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of
>> analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
>> others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated
>> communities.
>>
>> Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and
>> important questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple
>> answers. And the answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of
>> the world around us and the challenges we are facing.
>>
>> This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the
>> National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke
>> with Tom to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear
>> confrontation. He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should
>> not be concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about
>> the unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood
>> better not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the
>> greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself.
>>
>> Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and
>> wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis.
>>
>> I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his
>> papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk
>> with him.
>>
>> There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions, there
>> are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are diminished
>> at his passing.
>>
>> Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA
>>
>> [image: New England Complex Systems Institute]
>>
>> New England Complex Systems Institute
>> 210 Broadway Suite 101
>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>> Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100>
>> Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711>
>> necsi.edu
>>
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>
>
>
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> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Merle Lefkoff 
Thanks so much for the memory--one of my first aha! moments as I discovered
Complexity science was watching Schelling's segregation ABM.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Stephen Guerin  wrote:

> A message from Yaneer:
>
>
> In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
> December 13, 2016
>
> Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed
> away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction
> and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were
> and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as
> well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.
>
> In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear
> confrontation between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability
> through mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not
> just deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful
> coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and
> political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
> destruction.
>
> In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems
> science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective
> behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often
> is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of
> analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
> others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated
> communities.
>
> Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and
> important questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple
> answers. And the answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of
> the world around us and the challenges we are facing.
>
> This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the National
> Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke with Tom
> to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear confrontation.
> He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should not be
> concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about the
> unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood better
> not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the
> greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself.
>
> Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and
> wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis.
>
> I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his
> papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk
> with him.
>
> There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions, there
> are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are diminished
> at his passing.
>
> Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA
>
> [image: New England Complex Systems Institute]
>
> New England Complex Systems Institute
> 210 Broadway Suite 101
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100>
> Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711>
> necsi.edu
>
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[FRIAM] Fwd: In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling

2016-12-14 Thread Stephen Guerin 
A message from Yaneer:


In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
December 13, 2016

Tom Schelling, master of the important idea in a complex world, passed
away, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. His work on mutual assured destruction
and on segregation showed he knew what the most important questions were
and had the ability to answer them. In each case we gained new insight as
well as essential aspects of dealing with important real world problems.

In the former, he identified the way we could survive nuclear confrontation
between the US and Soviet Union, showing the way to stability through
mutual assured destruction---whose recognition would provide not just
deterrence but calming assurance---an incredible force for peaceful
coexistence in a century of the massive conflicts in world wars and
political uncertainty that actions might be taken leading to global
destruction.

In the latter, he recognized the central insight of complex systems
science, the ability of individual agent choices to result in collective
behavior s. He understood that the connection between them might, and often
is, not clear to a casual observer, but yields to the right kind of
analysis. In this case, the choice of individuals who prefer to live near
others of the same type, manifests in the creation of segregated
communities.

Both of these contributions to our understanding reflect deep and important
questions, and remarkably clear and (in retrospect) simple answers. And the
answers were, and are, essential to our understanding of the world around
us and the challenges we are facing.

This spring when I learned of concerns about North Korea from the National
Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, I spoke with Tom
to learn from his insights into this version of the nuclear confrontation.
He was clear and straightforward in his view that we should not be
concerned, and should not act with concern. After some thought about the
unique conditions of the North Korea confrontation, I unde rstood better
not only the reason for his statements but their wisdom---one of the
greatest destabilizing forces is the concern itself.

Perhaps we should formally define the difference between intelligent and
wise as the ability to include one's own words into the frame of analysis.

I am sure I still have much to learn from Tom and will be reading his
papers and books for years to come. Still, I will miss the chance to talk
with him.

There are many who have gained from his intellectual contributions, there
are few if any who have not benefitted from his wisdom. We are diminished
at his passing.

Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA

[image: New England Complex Systems Institute]

New England Complex Systems Institute
210 Broadway Suite 101
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-547-4100 <(617)%20547-4100>
Fax: 617-661-7711 <(617)%20661-7711>
necsi.edu

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