[FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

[Gillian Densmore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YLS80Nmls

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net>
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> By the way, all.
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> What nick said was, “[For such a person as trump,] there is no truth of
> the matter, there is only the exercise of power.”
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> Nick, himself, is irrationally dedicated to there being a truth, and that,
> with effort and good will, people can arrive at it.
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> [signed]
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> Nick
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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> *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Marcus
> Daniels
> *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 6:41 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Cc:* penny thompson <penny.thompson at earthlink.net>; 'Bruce Simon' <
> bjs108 at yahoo.com>; 'Dix McComas' <dixmccomas2 at gmail.com>; 'Grant Franks' <
> grantfranks at earthlink.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]
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> Nick writes:
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> “*There is no truth of the matter; there is only the exercise of power. “*
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> “So, if we are going to counter Trump, it cannot be by demonstrating that
> he lies.  It has to be by demonstrating that liars don’t win.”
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> He’s old and nearing the last round of his iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma
> game.  He wants everyone to know about his power and -- this is perhaps
> giving him too much credit -- his defection.   As far as objective
> consequences to denying the truth, what are possible ways he could go down?
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> 1)      He fails to make policies that are consistent with economic
> possibility and creates a serious global recession.
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> 2)      He insults the GOP leadership and bullies them when they are not
> going to move.
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> 3)      He does more illegal things thinking no one will notice, and is
> forced out in disgrace like Nixon.
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> 4)      He deregulates to the point that there is a conspicuous health or
> safety crisis that impacts millions.
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> Climate change probably won’t get him in the next four years unless there
> is some big tipping point.
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> If any of these things happen, it would probably unspool the whole
> administration, but not necessarily.
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> Marcus
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