[FRIAM] on the obustness of globalism

[Steven A Smith]

> Homo sapiens dramaticus
And we *wonder* at why we live in such a polarized society?

I learned early in life that if a canoe is tipping to one side, you 
don't lean out the other, you drop to the bottom center, lower your 
center of gravity.   Why is that so hard in sociopolitical contexts?  
Unless you want to tip into the drink!

The point of paddling a canoe is to explore and enjoy the world, so you 
don't want to spend it huddled in the bottom.  I suppose the 
sociopolitical equivalent is maintaining a moderate/centrist stance on 
*everything*.

Maybe it is a bad metaphor.

>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com 
> <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>
>     REC -
>
>     Why do "we" do this?   I mean the part about stretching the truth
>     to support our point, only to undermine our point?
>
>     I don't have any trouble extrapolating from THIS story that the
>     ban and attendant delays *could have* caused the death in the way
>     implied, but that isn't the same and just feeds the whole "culture
>     of fake news".
>
>     I don't know how many of my anti-Trumpian friends have reported
>     things to me that sounded outrageous, only to follow it up and
>     discover that while there was a grain of truth in it, what they
>     reported was some kind of distortion that undermined *their*
>     credibility more than it undermined the position of their opposition?
>
>     - SAS
>
>
>     On 2/2/17 1:55 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
>>     If you read the linked article, you'll see that this Mom died
>>     several days before the executive order was signed.
>>
>>     -- rec --
>>
>>     On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Owen Densmore
>>     <owen at backspaces.net <mailto:owen at backspaces.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         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:
>>         Inline image 1
>>         http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story
>>         <http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story>
>>
>>         On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM, glen ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>             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 Even if the order was withdrawn immediately, there is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 United States
>>             could not occur, for instance for a visitor who has
>>             already gone through the lengthy visa application process
>>             and background checks, secured the appropriate visa, and
>>             is already in flight to the country.  This is already
>>             affecting upcoming or ongoing mathematical conferences or
>>             programs in the US, with many international speakers
>>             (including those from countries not directly affected by
>>             the order) now cancelling their visit, either in protest
>>             or in concern about their ability to freely enter and
>>             leave the country.
>>
>>
>>             --
>>             ☣ glen
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