Re: [FRIAM] Privacy, Individual vs. Collective

States are symbolic, people are real. The collective of people creates a symbolic entity (Not Real) called the State, which may or may not represent the entire collective. The people within the collective agree that they are to assume the obligation or burden of Rights for the members. Indivi

Re: [FRIAM] Privacy, Individual vs. Collective

Assange's actions are having tremendous subsidiary repercussions. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101208/wikileaks-threat-toronto-woman-101 208/ The secrecy advocates are becoming so belligerent and unable to disguise the true motives. Now they threaten housewives that can rea

Re: [FRIAM] Privacy, Individual vs. Collective

bsidiary repercussions. > > > > > http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101208/wikileaks-threat-toronto-woman-101208/ > > > > > > The secrecy advocates are becoming so belligerent and unable to disguise > the true motives. > > Now they threaten

Re: [FRIAM] NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical

The author of the original paper speaks to criticisms: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/12/author-of-controversial-arsenic-.html?rss=1 Science is making the paper freely available for the

[FRIAM] Fwd: InfoQ: Google Has Stopped Developing Gears

A year old but I missed it. Yet another abandoned Google project. Apparently not that horrid, however, because HTML5 provides similar services: http://goo.gl/s4Ocv -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays

Re: [FRIAM] Privacy, Individual vs. Collective

Ivan - Well said, as usual! States are symbolic, people are real. Explain that to any or all of the cells in your body. for a fresh debate about "emergence"> The collective of people creates a symbolic entity (Not Real) called the State, which may or may not represent the entire collective.