Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

Gary writes: “From the standpoint of this on-the-fence liberal, it would be nice to have the luxury to be able to see the "other side" as being evil, so that I wouldn't care how they feel. The problem for me is that I can't, since many of the people I grew up with, including nearly all of my

Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

Gary - I remember a recent Facebook post by one of my cousins that said something along the lines of "people have forgotten what an alpha male is like, and Trump is going to show them." I have been enjoying this kind of rhetoric among my Trumpian friends. It gives me the opportunity to

Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

Our ideas and beliefs are governed by many variables, and change is very hard. I grew up in rural South Carolina. I think the key to being a good person who does not cause additional harm in a very scary world, is a good education that teaches us to be as open to new ideas as possible. On Sun,

Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

Merle, I think a lot about what makes ultraconservatives the way they are, since as I said, the majority of my family is of that mindset. I grew up on a farm in Kansas, so I do relate somewhat to the people I grew up with. However, I left that life behind decades ago, and have come to see how

Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News Many companies don’t know that their ads are appearing next to abhorrent content. Tell them. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/how-to- destroy-the-business-model-of-breitbart-and-fake-news.html

Re: [FRIAM] What do we do Now?

There have been many Romance Languages. I don´t know if all of them are still "alive". http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=mundo/indoeuro/italico/romance On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > Oversimplification: Italian is vernacular Latin; Spanish is

Re: [FRIAM] What do we do Now?

Oversimplification: Italian is vernacular Latin; Spanish is the same with an infusion of Arabic. Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 8, 2017 12:44 PM, "Owen Densmore" wrote: > Hey, very similar to Italian: Non preoccuparti. > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Frank

Re: [FRIAM] The year ahead

What really worries me about the USA is how polarized the society there is, so "mass resistance" will certainly, at least in the short term, increase this polarization. From the standpoint of this on-the-fence liberal, it would be nice to have the luxury to be able to see the "other side" as being

[FRIAM] The year ahead

Bekah Wolf January 8 at 7:17am A year ago, an action against deportations: https://www.facebook.com/toni.arenstein/videos/10208311021676102/ 2017 is going to be the year of mass resistance. This is only thing that

Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair

We're all implicated, Owen. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: > >> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/08/blamin >> g-fake-news-not-the-answer-democracy-crisis >> >> --

Re: [FRIAM] What do we do Now?

Hey, very similar to Italian: Non preoccuparti. On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > No te preocupes, Alfredo. > > > > > > Frank C. Wimberly > > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > > > wimber...@gmail.com wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu > >

Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair

Interesting! The Pogo cartoon and saying is a family staple. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Hey, Owen, > > > > When I was 32 or so, I ran for the post of Planning Board Chair for the > Town of New Braintree. I was young and very idealistic

Re: [FRIAM] What do we do Now?

Alfredo writes: “He has already achieved a lose of confidence and respectful from the «friendly world» with respect to USA, and I am sure it is a factor when people make consume decisions (my next pair of shoes will not be wolverine brand).” Yes, Bremmer neglected to mention “4 – Laughing Stock

Re: [FRIAM] What do we do Now?

Maybe Trump’s presidency and Brexit, will lead to the end of Globalization. Movement of capitals, people, goods and services are key elements in the actual global order. Your next president trusts in a closed economy to improve US home´s incomes . Maybe he is supposing a local consume which will

[FRIAM] What do we do Now?

Wasn't that a recent thread? Here's a suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0NguMGIbE Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to

Re: [FRIAM] How a complex network of bills becomes a law: Introducing a new data analysis of text incorporation… – Medium

As a technical aside, the diagrams look to be generated using graphviz, the same layout engine we use in IdeatreeLive.com for "prettifying" maps. -- Ron Newman, Founder IdeaTreeLive.com www.linkedin.com/in/ideatree/ On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Tom Johnson