[FRIAM] Hope or Despair

[Marcus Daniels]

Owen writes:


"It all starts at home."


That certainly is a point of view.  Here's another:


https://www.amazon.com/Against-Empathy-Case-Rational-Compassion/dp/0062339338

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 11:06:00 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair

I realized too late that my reference to the number of Damns one has may not have been clear.  From an earlier post:

BTW: I realize I've posted this in the past, and my version of it uses s/fuck/damn/. But I've only got a limited number of Damn's to give, and the fewer, the stronger.
    https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

So I just don't give a Damn about the president, no matter who. I have too few to give. My first Damn is for Love & Compassion, kinda weak I realize but then I think I can stop war by being peaceful myself. It all starts at home.

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net<mailto:owen at backspaces.net>> wrote:
Clearly you need to attend to Kissinger and Bremmer.

In terms of Russia, Kissinger's analysis of the Nation State suggests we have been far too shallow. There are very good reasons for the Russian people to feel exposed by the west's encroachment, and why they approve of Putin to the degree they do.

Trump is no threat. I personally have not given up even one of my 25 Damns over him. Any threatened Rape and Pillage will likely just cause another economic implosion which we survived pretty well.

I am curious, however, which of Bremmers 3 Americas Trump tends to, or what blend of the three. And what Trump thinks of Kissinger's recent defense of the nation state .. I know Kissinger is meeting with Trump.

Presidential politics are unique. Presidential historians agree that, whatever a president has promised, he/she is always formed by unexpected, exogenous events. At a guess, they will be foreign affairs in Trump's case. I hope he takes the MoneyBall stance.

   -- Owen

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