Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-16 Thread glen
Wow. Either staring at flat screens is _fun_ for you people, or you need to learn to take the weekend off. 8^) On 02/15/2015 04:51 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote: > On Feb 15, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Steve Smith wrote: >> What represents a responsible, enlightened balance between Faber, Sapiens >> and Lu

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Carl Tollander
Steve, when the Dengue Fever looked to get out of control in downtown Tokyo last fall they became very interested indeed. West Nile outbreaks occur in the US every year. What do people do? They do what is widely perceived to be the right thing: they spray. A lot. It may not be the best s

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/15/2015 5:35 PM, Steve Smith wrote: On the other hand, like so many of us, I can admit to a bias *against* rapid technology deployment (not necessarily against rapid scientific development. ) One treatment for relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis is dimethyl fumarate. This goes for a

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Victoria Hughes
This is an excellent question. Thanks, Steve. First, do you truly think it is possible or useful to have a balance between Faber, Sapiens, and Ludens? Then what would it be? My vote would be for a Taoist approach, responding to the needs of the moment with the appropriate way of being. Rather

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
This also could be considered another salvo *in* the politics of fear.   "If you *don't* approve on my schedule, the unregulated use of any given promising technology to relieve my specific life-threatening condition, you are harm

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/15/2015 4:05 PM, Steve Smith wrote: This also could be considered another salvo *in* the politics of fear. "/If you *don't* approve on my schedule, the unregulated use of any given promising technology to relieve my specific life-threatening condition, you are harming me/". What I would

[FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
Victoria writes:   “IN the long run it is more profitable, and much less arrogant.”   If I were sick with one of these conditions, I’d be extra sp