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

[Steven A Smith]

I appreciate FriAM, even though I don't attend Friday Congregation very 
often, or even WedTech Congregation either! The *active* voices here are 
familiar and even though I may have a lot of different perspectives and 
opinions, I truly value what I hear here, and more than anything I look 
forward to one of our *many* lurkers chiming in.

I feel we *don't* discuss as many Complexity topics as I would like, but 
I like knowing that there are many with strong Complexity backgrounds 
engaged in the more sociopolitical discussions that seem to dominate.

Since I feel a bit like Glen in his statement "Since I don't belong 
anywhere, I obviously didn't belong there"...  I'm enough used to being 
an outsider or an interloper that I generally can slip into alien 
situations and keep a low enough profile to not raise alarm or cause 
disruption.

This forum, being asynchronous and as Gary points out, "easy to delete" 
feels like a safe place FOR me to speak up above a hushed whisper... so 
I value it as well.

SFx was intended to be a more open and welcoming environment to share 
the wealth from... I think we did a moderately good job much of the 
time, but still missed the mark in at least developing a sustainable 
funding model.

- Steve


On 2/6/17 11:49 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
> It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway - FRIAM, both the list 
> and the actual gathering at the "mothership" of Santa Fe - has always 
> felt welcoming. It's the only list I've stayed with since its 
> inception. I don't know if there are any SFI lurkers here, but there 
> do seem to be a lot of people who "used to" have some association with 
> it rather than those who are actively involved with it. I've no idea 
> how much is due to a bit of snobbery vs. just simply the fact that the 
> list is open to such a wide range of stuff that isn't interesting to 
> folks interested purely in complexity. I find it easy enough just to 
> delete messages when I get too overwhelmed, confident that they are 
> archived so I can eventually look them over.
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:34 PM, glen ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     FWIW, I felt fairly unwelcome soon after I left to work in our
>     Agua Fria office (1997 maybe), perhaps since I was merely a
>     research technician rather than any sort of academic.  Then it got
>     even worse when they expanded down the hill by staffing a
>     receptionist.  I always managed to sneak past without being
>     grilled to badly ... but the concept was clear: do you belong
>     here?  Since I don't belong anywhere, I obviously didn't belong
>     there. 8^)
>
>
>     On 02/05/2017 03:40 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
>     > That makes sense but I just sat there quietly and listened.  No
>     > self-aggrandizing questions. And then I left.
>
>     --
>     ☣ glen
>
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