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<p>I'm a big fan of nudges, if only for the lower risk implied but
maybe more fundamentally for the local vs global control
implications.</p>
<p>I'm reading de Fillipi's "Blockchain Governance" right now and
without it being central, the idea of distributed (self)
governance lends itself to tiny piecewise refinements (in
everything)... </p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/24/25 10:59 AM, Marcus Daniels
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<p class="MsoNormal">How about a gentle supervisor that nudges
one out of local minima? “Marcus, we need to stabilize your
insulin response today. As you can see, here is your blood
chemistry report. It’s time for a bike ride. I’ll keep your
colleagues at bay.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>steve smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 24, 2025 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] The whole story about
Palantir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That said, a lot of the arguments feel
like dot-connecting exercises where not all the dots are
actually dots. We should watch out for our own blind spots
— it’s easy to scream “Big Brother!” when sometimes it’s
just a confused uncle with a clipboard.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>"Big Stupid is Watching" - Taylor Meade<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>And our current crue of "confused Uncles" (and Aunts) are too
often "Funny Uncles" and "Aunt Lydias" (Handmaid's Tale).
Their intentions need not be *bad* for their actions to yield
damaging results on their vulnerable nieces and nephews. See
RFKjr taking his grandchildren swimming in "clear running" yet
human-waste-disease-laden water?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>glen's caution to "not mistake incompetence for evil" (bad
paraphrase?) is relevant... but our current (US and
elsewhere?) administration uses a gloss of "good ole boy"
"plain talk" as camoflauge for some much less innocent
intentions. I'm not sure if there is a succinct
contrapositive, but it does seem to be a strategy in some
playbooks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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