[FRIAM] Nautilus: Investing Is More Luck Than Talent

[Vladimyr Burachynsky]

"Neoliberalism is simply the idea that any full exploration of the phenotype requires parallel processing." 
Well said, and that does not even include the "extended Phenotype"  nor the  much  hairier and very fearsome," Genotypes".


Since I am not a Neoliberal, but was proudly declared an enemy of the state by the previous Conservative Government of Canada, (a bulk application of  petty vindictiveness )  I feel it my
duty to translate this into the Vulgar language of my Nation,  aka English, mixed with many other locally vulgar and barbaric tongues.

Neoliberalism is just to "act in affected flamboyant charity, while simultaneously declaring an inflated tax credit, to the least important but sympathetic, while", ..,excuse my confusion German and Old English overlap somewhat..." kissing the arse of those with the biggest codpiece."  //Codpiece being a metaphor for Wall Street or  the Internal Revenue Service, and in no way should be confused with sexism on my part//
I borrowed that phrase from Shakespeare or was it Goethe.

If this is an accurate translation, then could we use it as a taxonomic definition.

There was a term used by the Vulgar in the 1960's , "Poser", that sums up both definitions in fewer characters. I recall meeting with some at the time  at poetry /communist hashish smoking rooms at Rochdale College U of T. 
I did not have time for "full exploration" since the paddy wagon had just arrived.

It also appears that the solution time is so great that no amount of mental/computational effort will ever yield results so therefore no effort is recommended by the authorities.
Any such attempt will be judged as hostile. Any and all contradiction will bring down harsh reprisals.
That seems to suggest that no self-declared Neoliberal is required to make any effort of any kind except theatrical to earn her/his entitlements. I hope I have interpreted this correctly.

Careful scrutiny of such a position then leaves the key distinguishing feature between Conservatives and Neoliberals; clearly unresolved.
Since it appears that neither faction is prepared to expend even marginal effort.

Really would parallel processing make even the least detectable difference or was the term thrown in to just scare the crap out of everyone...
vib

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ?
Sent: January-23-17 3:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Nautilus: Investing Is More Luck Than Talent

On 01/23/2017 12:44 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> That's the collateral damage of the republicans.   Neoliberals protect the very strong and the very weak, avoid existential threats to the collective, while ignoring those that ought to be able to carry on, even though they feel they should be entitled to special treatment.  

I suppose I can see that.  The Clintons' and Obama's version of it definitely lean that way.  I suppose even Bush2, with the "compassionate conservatism" falls in there.  But I think it's reasonable to assert that pure neoliberalism focuses more on allowing whatever the markets (social and economic) determine.  Sure, we can kinda clean up after them, preventing the worst consequences (like genocide or pandemics).  But too much "caring for the poor" results in too many codified plans with too many unforeseeable kinks/singularities that may well be more catastrophic than the problems we're trying to solve.

Neoliberalism is simply the idea that any full exploration of the phenotype requires parallel processing.  And the term definitely does not deserve the vitriol poured on it by some.  I kinda like the idea that neoliberals like me will become something like socialist democrats (or democratic socialists).  As long as it's likely that large populations of cities can sustain a wide diversity of individualist focus, much of which is useless failure but with less death and suffering, then the neoliberal has a path to the fundamental parallelism of the ideology.  What has died is rural neoliberalism.  You can't globalize and reap the benefits by installing Walmarts and Wells Fargo branches.

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☣ glen

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