On 09/14/2016 01:50 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
I suppose if work/life lasts long enough, folks will identify ways to avoid the
attractors.
A tabu search needs a global data structure to be most efficient. In other
words, workers need some literacy.
Yes, except there are no optima other than
"In other words, your very purpose is exactly that, to work your way to results
that no one else will notice ... until you tell them to notice it, of course."
I suppose if work/life lasts long enough, folks will identify ways to avoid the
attractors.
A tabu search needs a global data structure
On 09/14/2016 12:56 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
Similar psychology: Putting off writing a talk in order to get results you
"like" better, but that no one else will notice. No, I would never do that!
Heh, my entire life seems to orbit around doing things nobody (but me) cares
about. I was
"We tie a heavy chain around our ankle and
then whine that we can hardly keep our head above water treading... If
this kind of self-handicapping makes us into olympic swimmers, then I suppose
I'm all for it... but it reminds me a bit too much of Vonnegut's "breakfast of
champions" theme!"
Glen -
I understand that... though it IS my habit to acknowledge the things I agree on
to more starkly expose the ones I don't (or at least I try to do that).
With a happy side-effect that more people will like you as a result. One day,
I'll wish I had spent more effort with the soft
om past mistakes,
rather than remain a prisoner of "faith." >>
From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 3:31 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] W
Take a look: emergentdiplomacy.org, click on ECOS. I'd especially love
your feedback. I've been thinking about this since my TEDx talk a few years
ago, and now we're making it happen.
I'm a recent revolutionary since growing inequality, climate change, and
forever war are our biggest global
Merle, I posted so long ago I forget what I said. I’m not a revolutionary,
never was. I don’t like most revolutions since 1776. But I’m surely open to new
ways of approaching the problem.
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
>
> Pamela, the present
Pamela, the present structures cannot be "reformed." We need a revolution
that allows new structures to emerge. Visit our website and read about the
ECOS gathering.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:
> I found that article on Enough with this Basic Income
More election system fodder. I love how both headlines imply (all)
democracy(ies) is broken. Reminds me of the old aphorism: better is the enemy
of adequate.
Can “sortition” sort out the problem of political ignorance?
On 09/09/2016 02:33 PM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> I understand that... though it IS my habit to acknowledge the things I agree
> on to more starkly expose the ones I don't (or at least I try to do that).
With a happy side-effect that more people will like you as a result. One day,
I'll wish I
I found that article on Enough with this Basic Income Bullshit an interesting
read. I had to wonder why he capitalized Entrepreneur, as if it were Realtor,
or some other nonsensical social climbing, but I agree that the system will
need major overhauls. He is not alone in believing this, given
glen -
As usual, I ignore all the places where we agree and emphasize the
disagreements ... because life is more fun that way. 8^)
I understand that... though it IS my habit to acknowledge the things I
agree on to more starkly expose the ones I don't (or at least I try to
do that).
I'm not
As usual, I ignore all the places where we agree and emphasize the
disagreements ... because life is more fun that way. 8^)
On 09/09/2016 12:01 PM, Steven A Smith wrote:
(I rarely actually hang by the media outlet waiting for these things).
I'm not sure when it happened. But at some point
Glen -
I've found this graph the most interesting rendering of the electoral game:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html#explore-paths
Interesting fault tree (I wanted to say dendogram, but I'm not sure it
has all of the properties necessary.
I
:10 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Wisdom of Crowds vs Kenneth Arrow
Slightly OT, but: The Brexit signaled the start of truly unexpected events.
Italy, btw, is also having a referendum.
But here's the Dallas News endorsing
On 09/07/2016 07:39 AM, Steven A Smith wrote:
> It is most interesting to me how much the WTA vs the popular vote prices in
> the IEM diverge. It definitely supports MY (reluctant) preferences in this
> context, but it IS disturbing in a democracy that the representative factor
> (electoral
Slightly OT, but: The Brexit signaled the start of truly unexpected events.
Italy, btw, is also having a referendum.
But here's the Dallas News endorsing Hilary .. first dem endorsment in over
70 years!
I know we try to avoid getting into political discussions here, and that
is not what I'm trying t draw you into. Out of my infamous morbid
fascination, I *have* been following the presidential campaigns this
past year or more and in particular comparing the many running *polls*
to the *Iowa
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