[FRIAM] Political discussion tonight. WAS: Re: Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread jpgirard
I can't think of a better time to bring this up (thanks for the timely topic Nick). It just so happens that the monthly meeting of our local (ie: Santa Fe) political discussion salon is tonight. Our chapter is one of about 200 across the U.S. (so most can participate if they want). Info on all t

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Phil Henshaw wrote: > Something that has my sustainable design friends pulling their hair out > now is the evidence that it's a mistake to think you can win the war > against resource consumption growth just using efficiency. DOE figures > show world energy efficiency doubling (cutting energy/$ i

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread Phil Henshaw
Steve, Something that has my sustainable design friends pulling their hair out now is the evidence that it's a mistake to think you can win the war against resource consumption growth just using efficiency. DOE figures show world energy efficiency doubling (cutting energy/$ in half) nominally ev

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread Nicholas Thompson
David, Sorry to be so slow to respond. Your note got lost in the spam buffer. You are wrong, but interestingly wrong. I wonder how much of Ted's stuff I would sign on to me if presented to me in the way I presented this passage to you. I can promise you it's NOT from MEIN KAMPF either.

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread David Breecker
Steve, this is an interesting question, and since it falls in some ways within my domain (i.e., organizational structure and planning) I'll offer a couple of suggestions: Since Friam doesn't have (to the best of my knowledge) an explicit social impact goal or mission, I think it would be diffic

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Gus Koehler wrote: > Technohippies can identify > the ethical and moral limits, design webs that are grounded in the knowing > of what is cut-off and what is brought forward. They can insist on > face-to-face meetings and rolling in the grass. alex strauss wrote: > Back to rolling in the grass an

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread alex strauss
>This vision quest is not over. It's never over. Back to rolling in the grass and looking for my new cyborg body. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gus Koehler Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Friday Morni

Re: [FRIAM] Can you guess the source.

2007-04-12 Thread Gus Koehler
Steve: Actually, your question is really hard. I have been involved in tracing the significant issues--economic, political, ethical, philosophical--associated with the emergence of various advanced technologies here in California. These include biotechnology, nanotechnology, IT, intelligent transp

[FRIAM] An article has been posted to Institute for Analytic Journalism

2007-04-12 Thread tom
Full article link: http://analyticjournalism.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/12/2874294.html Data Visualization is Everywhere! This doesn't have anything to do with Analytic Journalism per se, but while flying from Cairo to Dubai recently I looked out the window at 39,000 feet somewhe