Yes, looks interesting (somehow my mail client does not show all FRIAM mails, for instance I don't see Nicks mails, I have only received Merles response?). From a complexity science viewpoint the development in the US is interesting, whether it will be a step back into an oligarchy or autocracy, or even some kind of cronyism, nepotism, nationalism, imperialism or fascism, because all these *-isms are like a cancer for society. There are all sorts of fascisms, similar to the many different forms of cancer. From a psychological perspective Mr. Trump is interesting too because he is obviously not a normal politician. Narcissism is mentioned frequently as a character trait.http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/ As a European from a continent with a troubled past I'm worried that the next 4 years will not turn out well. There will be an unpleasant wakeup when people recognize they have been betrayed and there is no peaceful way back into a glorified past in a globalized world. I bet there will be some kind of staged event which will lead to the next war or a totalitarian state. -Jochen
-------- Original message --------From: Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> Date: 12/4/16 21:57 (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Autocracy: Rules for Survival | by Masha Gessen | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books Nick, thanks so much for sending this. I just sent it to one of our donors and to my Canadian grad students and to our social network. It's wonderfully written, although hardly "beginning a badly needed conversation." I think because of Complexity science I actually did imagine the future that has happened--starting about three years ago. We've been organizing the ECOS gathering for almost two years (put on hold because of the elections), and now we're organized and ready to go. We need local volunteers to help with the final planning. Let me know if you are interested. The Center's web site is: emergentdiplomacy.org. The ECOS website is: ecosgathering.org. On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: Any, This article begins a badly needed conversation about what resistance must look like. http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/ Nick ============================================================ 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 -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent DiplomacySanta Fe, New Mexico, USA Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding Saint Paul UniversityOttawa, Canada merlelef...@gmail.com mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.llfkoff2
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