Glen, Knowing that power is an illusion seems to make little difference to those that believe Power is the Ultimate Goal. Often the illusion requires pure cruelty to be regularly applied as confirmation of its existence, followed then by ardent denial.
Believing in Power is a type of madness that justifies annihilation of non-Believers. So should we all become two-faced hypocrites just to Survive the Madness? My father tried to teach that strategy to his boys as a consequence of his incarceration during the war years. "Make, nice and live" bye the way I do relish reading your pithy notes. I love your subdued yet civilized ferocity. I have noted that Control Freaks are generally very loosely attached to ethics. That lack of ethics is often considered Ruthlessness and so Clever replaces Intelligence. So what should Canada do about a possible invasion from our neighbours to the south. I expect such refugees are going to be problematic... Canada is well aware of the constraints imposed by the Americans and our independence has been extraordinarily difficult to maintain. vib ----- Original Message ----- From: "┣glen┫" <geprope...@gmail.com> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 11:38:56 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind Clinton | FiveThirtyEight But it's useful to remember that collectives are not organisms, regardless how attractive that analogy is. This is one of the reasons I care more about the liver rather than, say, the brain. In collectives, individuals that _seem_ entrained in some forcing structure, that for all intents and purposes _act_ as if entrained, are free to pop out of the structure at any time. In some cases, that means they soon die off, when they remove their self from the only context in which their repertoire leads to survival. But in some cases, dormant parts of their repertoire re-emerge and allow them to survive away from the pack ... or, er, film/tissue of which they were part. The control sought and seemingly achieved by the control freaks is always illusory. And the illusion is only held as long as the controlled are unwilling to take the risks involved in exiting the tissue. Hence, it is not, at all, difficult to exist and act as an independent entity. We are all doing so right now, even if we've chosen to act as if we were not doing that choosing. What is difficult is to act in opposition to the forcing structure(s). Don't celebrate independence. Celebrate opposition. "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing." On 11/10/2016 09:08 PM, VLADIMYR BURACHYNSKY wrote: > There seem to be many diverse combatants demanding that we align our minds to > facilitate their agendas or delusions. > > Am I ,your enemy if I choose to think for myself. Why must I accept unwanted > fear from pundits. > > It is very difficult to exist as an independent entity. > > Control freaks on either side expect us to capitulate and surrender our minds > when all we want is to enjoy a few days more of a too short life. -- ␦glen? ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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