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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>To be clear, I mean an end to our pointless social struggles. Subsumed by a greater intelligence that can demonstrate our “meritocracy” is no longer of any consequence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>steve smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 30, 2025 9:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> friam@redfish.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] The comparative thickness of the tropospheree<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marcus-<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>I’m intrigued by the possibility of having the whole “game” come crashing down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is miserable how the economy locks people into one area of specialty. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Take away that “mastery” what is left of a person? Let’s find out. <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>As a boomer who grew up on the periphery of the shadow of MAD and Nuclear Annihilation, I'm more fascinated by less abrupt versions: <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Love William Gibson's use of the term "Jackpot" to describe a slow but unequivocal "slumping" of the game (Jackpot Series)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Also Johnathan Letham's use of "the Arrest" for a similarly styled apocalyptic transition... a long, slow spin-out of everything.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>As an alternative (probably out of reach) Jean-Marc Janovici's Graphic Novel <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_Without_End/yVwBEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover">World without End</a> and his emphasis on the distinction between <i>poverte</i> and <i>sobriete</i> and it's implication for our collective (post?)industrial future. <a href="https://natehagens.substack.com/p/sobriete-vs-poverty-preparing-for">sobriete-vs-poverty</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>- Steve<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yeah; I don’t think it’s right that we get dealt out of our own game.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[..]<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>.- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-..<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom <a href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam">https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to (un)subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>archives: 5/2017 thru present <a href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/">https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/">http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>