Re: [FRIAM] on the obustness of globalism

2017-02-01 Thread Owen Densmore
We just got a lot dumber. (Terence Tao? Wow! Didn't know many of us followed him. Fascinating guy.)​ Sadly, the ban has now killed someone: [image: Inline image 1] http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM, glen ☣ wrote: >

Re: [FRIAM] ACLU joins Y combinator

2017-02-01 Thread Russ Abbott
Good for Y Combinator! On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:25 AM glen ☣ wrote: > > https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-aclu/ > > > We are delighted to be funding the ACLU as a non-profit in our Winter > 2017 batch. > > > > The ACLU has always been important, but has a particularly

Re: [FRIAM] free will on the ten meter tower

2017-02-01 Thread Vladimyr Burachynsky
Thank you Roger Critchlow, The video shows people overcoming fear in a social setting. Which is in some way confirming the benefits of a society, But it also hints at the extremes some people are willing to go to escape fear. Perhaps those with the most fear are the most worrisome. vib

[FRIAM] free will on the ten meter tower

2017-02-01 Thread Roger Critchlow
This documentary https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/opinion/ten-meter-tower.html is great viewing. -- rec -- FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe

[FRIAM] on the obustness of globalism

2017-02-01 Thread glen ☣
Open thread for mathematicians on the immigration executive order Terance Tao > Even if the order was withdrawn immediately, there is no longer an assurance, > even for nationals not initially impacted by that order, that some similar > abrupt and major change in the rules for entry to the

[FRIAM] ACLU joins Y combinator

2017-02-01 Thread glen ☣
https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-aclu/ > We are delighted to be funding the ACLU as a non-profit in our Winter 2017 > batch. > > The ACLU has always been important, but has a particularly important role > right now. We are honored to be able to help, and we will send some of our > team

Re: [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

2017-02-01 Thread Pamela McCorduck
No, you didn’t use the word pain. It was my inference, and I’m sorry you felt it was intrusive. Pain in this situation isn’t pathology needing some kind of medical attention. It’s a reasonable response to the events of the first few days of this president’s administration. Speaking for myself,

Re: [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

2017-02-01 Thread Marcus Daniels
Vladimyr writes: "So today I learned that the KKK were handing out flyers in Canada. I don't believe they can take the cold, so it is probably nonsense. " I've heard this reasoning before! http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-minnesota-too-cold-for-syrian-refugees/article/2576501

Re: [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

2017-02-01 Thread Vladimyr Burachynsky
Pamela. Thank-you, but I rarely ever use the word pain and did not use it in my post. Some of us can endure more than others. The fear of pain seems to have also become more prevalent in the recent past. Now the fear of inconvenience or waiting in a line. Our fears have been trivialized or