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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, my claim is that the sensor has sensed. Sure, more intelligence is always good. Acquire it, act on it, but do it without emotion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I remember after the first go around on Trump, Van Jones had a series where he went out into Trumpland and interviewed people. It seemed to me he learned what he already knew. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>thompnickson2@gmail.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> sorvig@santafe-newmexico.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think of empathy as a sensor that makes me more likely to predict the behavior of an antagonist. Think of martial arts techniques that involve giving your opponent what he wants. So if your opponent wants to rush forward with a knife,
you help him along in that project until he is lying flat on his face on the ground. All action in conflict is based upon suppositions of what your opponent is up to. Accurate empathy could be a life-saving technique.
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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> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is. But in this case, not an acceptable solution. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But isn’t empathy ALSO a tool for arriving at solutions. I stupulate that it is not the ONLY such tool.
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 12:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It gives one the freedom to think outside the box on how to resolve the situation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But Marcus, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What does your lack of empathy GET you? <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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2020 12:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Biden beats Trump<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Roger writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">< These people weren't voting for rascism, misogyny, narcissism, authoritarianism, xenophobia, gimp shaming, science denialism, or all that other baggage, they were overlooking it for reasons. ><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many of those that could not work due to COVID restrictions are often in battleground or red states. That’s the only way I can possibly begin to rationalize the 71 million. To me, overlooking those things is unacceptable. It’s not
useful to exercise any empathy for them. They made a deal with the devil. It should have been a win by 50 million, not 5 million.
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