[FRIAM] SFI to Trump: The dangers of simplicity in a complex world

Sun Feb 5 18:40:53 EST 2017

That makes sense but I just sat there quietly and listened.  No
self-aggrandizing questions. And then I left.

Frank Wimberly
Phone (505) 670-9918

On Feb 5, 2017 1:04 PM, "Marcus Daniels" <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> Frank writes:
>
>
> < I don't know about economic equality but they've reduced their embrace
> of intellectual equality.  The public is no longer welcome at their
> colloquia "without an invitation".  Only "community events" are available
> to others. >
>
>
> Years ago (maybe not now), it depended on the resident faculty as much as
> the management.   Some had graduate students and postdocs that were
> tightly-knit and really only had a public facing side in so far as they
> were pushing out papers.   Other faculty were very focused and productive
> and had few if any junior staff.  Still others very much liked entertaining
> students and colleagues from other universities and even the public.   My
> perception was there was a bias towards the last type of person so much so
> it got in the way of SFI's ability to do research.   If you didn't
> participate in the wining and dining, the dog and pony shows, or the
> educational outreach, you were at risk, even if there was some other
> external dimension on which you were a very visible part of the
> organization.  Further, my perception was that the wining and dining arm of
> the organization didn't really have a clear picture of the other ways in
> which the institute did outreach, or care.   They only could understand the
> one they were responsible for, and they viewed it as very much a top-down
> thing, where most of the researchers weren't at the top.
>
>
> If there has been a change, I suspect it is more toward reducing
> distraction, and keeping the signal/noise ratio high.   They want/need
> their official visitors to go away happy with their time there, and having
> all manner of random people around makes it harder to present the image
> they want.   (I don't mean that in a cynical way, but you can reasonably
> take it that way if you want.)
>
>
> Marcus
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Frank Wimberly <
> wimberly3 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 4, 2017 1:20:53 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] SFI to Trump: The dangers of simplicity in a
> complex world
>
> I don't know about economic equality but they've reduced their embrace of
> intellectual equality.  The public is no longer welcome at their colloquia
> "without an invitation".  Only "community events" are available to others.
>
> Frank Wimberly, PhD
>                                     \I don't usually do this
>
> Phone (505) 670-9918
>
> On Feb 4, 2017 1:13 PM, "Steven A Smith" <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>
> Cody-
>
> Nicely noticed!
>
>  - Steve
>
> The letter is very nice but based on the (possibly false) premise that
> they want economic equality, believe in climate change, and want to avoid
> cascading conflicts.
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017, 12:08 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
> Reason and politics collide!
>
>
> On page 103 of..
>
>
> https://issuu.com/devonisaiah/docs/santafe_vol2iss2_web
>
>
> <https://issuu.com/devonisaiah/docs/santafe_vol2iss2_web>
>
>
>
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore <
> owen at backspaces.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 4, 2017 11:18:55 AM
> *To:* Complexity Coffee Group
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] SFI to Trump: The dangers of simplicity in a complex
> world
>
> I'm impressed with SFI's response to the ban on immigrants:
>   http://web-prod.santafe.edu/news-center/news/dangers-simplic
> ity-complex-world
>
> Starts with:
>
> The recent ban on immigrants to the Unites States is a dangerous and
> simplistic step that ignores the complexity of our networked world.
>
>
>    -- Owen
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