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<p>Exhibit A: Life is that which wills to live <i>amongst that
which wills to live ....</i></p>
<p>Exhibit B: Symmetry Breaking in Vortices (and other "systems")</p>
<p>Exhibit C: Donald Trump and his close affiliates: V our extended
system of "manic hypercapitalism"<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/3/20 1:12 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In other words, there is some sense in
which the notion of Self-serving Action is incoherent. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and
Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com"><thompnickson2@gmail.com></a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 3, 2020 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> detritus from vFRIAM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried to post this on the vFRIAM chat,
but wouldn’t “take”, so I am posting it here: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="quotation">“Don't do this now, but …. as a favor to
me, could you-guys devote some of your shaving time this week
to the proposition: "No system ever acts on its own behalf."
My intuition is that whenever we investigate a system that
appears to act in its own behalf, we will find that it is
pursuing a goal that is short of the interest of the whole,
but which will produce benefits to the whole because of some
property of the world in which it acts. I would love to hear
a discussion among people trying to design <u>a system that
acts on its own behalf</u>. Can someone come up with a
simple example of such a system.” <span
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<p class="MsoNormal">I grant you that the question is not clear.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nick <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and
Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<o:p></o:p></p>
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