Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

I have to agree with you, Nick. If we as a species are to survive, we've got to stop this reversion back to our pre-civilized roots. I'm not really a bleeding-heart liberal, but I do want to evolve beyond survival of the fittest. On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM wrote: > Ok, So, Marcus, > > > > >

Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

And the tenth is? Nick Thompson thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$ Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:45 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] we are lost Nah. Irony is more than a guilty plea

Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

Nah. Irony is more than a guilty pleasure. It's a crucial tool in the authentication toolbox. That becomes obvious when considering gate keeping between subcultures. It's easy to assume such gate keeping is bad. Hyper-democrats make such assumptions all the time. But gate keeping is simply a fo

Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

Ok, So, Marcus, > What do categories want? Love, recognition and safety? Someone phone HR and get the ball rolling on a new policy! Spoken from the high perch of Irony. Irony is like wormwood, delightful in small doses but ultimately toxic. Do we not all want love, recognition, a

Re: [FRIAM] Forum abuse! (was Revising the American Revolution)

I imagine Greta Thunberg has some ideas pass through her head about thrill kills. So long as it is all good -- individually as a group -- I say fair enough. -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$ Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:40 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re

Re: [FRIAM] Forum abuse! (was Revising the American Revolution)

All, The thing below is an elegant essay, a cri de coeur, that will reward reading, if you haven't done so already. I want to let it stand as is, before I agree or disagree with it. N Nick Thompson thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

What do categories want? More than one example that actually fits. n Nick Thompson thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam On Behalf Of Sarbajit Roy Sent: Thursday, Oct

Re: [FRIAM] Forum abuse! (was Revising the American Revolution)

There's an opportunity to dovetail the pandemic-hastened restructuring of the work force, cancel culture, upward trends in socialism, and climate change. At the last salon, I was berated, yet again, for allowing my pet cats free access to the outdoors. The tack I took in the conversation, becaus

Re: [FRIAM] stygmergy, CA's, and [biological] development

Cool. It seems that some of the work on the connection between bond graphs and operads was fleshed out by Coya, here: "Circuits, Bond Graphs, and Signal-Flow Diagrams: A Categorical Perspective" https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.08290.pdf supported by work, here: "A Compositional Framework for Bond Gra

Re: [FRIAM] stygmergy, CA's, and [biological] development

""" There is a formalism for discrete-event dynamical systems known as “bond graphs”. """ >From a brief survey of the wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_graph I see one of the advantages of bond graphs over traditional hypergraphs is the bi-directional nature of the linkages. H

Re: [FRIAM] What can or can't (shouldn't) be said on FriAM...

The Stonemason looks good, I just ordered a copy. The quote is given by the Judge in chapter 11. Glanton's gang is making their way north, following the forests of the Gila, when they come upon the ruins at Keet Seel. Just before, the Judge tells the story of all men. It appears as if it were his o

Re: [FRIAM] we are lost

> So, not only do we attribute teleology to inanimate objects, weather, > animals, and people, but also to the platonic solids. Which probably leads > to: > > What do categories want? Love, recognition and safety? Someone phone HR and get the ball rolling on a new policy! Marcus .-- .

Re: [FRIAM] What can or can't (shouldn't) be said on FriAM...

It is a quote from Cormac McCarthy. I did not know that he worked as a stonemason. The quote is from Blood Meridian. .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe

[FRIAM] we are lost

I'm 3d printing so I googled up dodecahedron to find a set of coordinates. Google told me that people also ask: What is the purpose of the dodecahedron? So, not only do we attribute teleology to inanimate objects, weather, animals, and people, but also to the platonic solids. Which probably l