Re: Re: autism and autistic economics
In a message dated 9/12/02 11:17:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Recently, I was trying to convince my son, who has Asperger's Syndrome (borderline autism), that nothing can ever be perfect. This goes against his perfectionism, a common symptom of AS, which encourages him to give up too easily -- since perfection is unattainable. Then I continued, with a list: 1. Nothing is ever perfect. 2. Change is normal. 3. The future is uncertain. Then it struck me, that these represent major oppositions to the dominant form of autistic economics, i.e., neoclassical economics, which values perfect and static models of an imaginary world with no uncertainty. Can anyone think of what to add to the list? == Beings perish. Institutions become obsolete. Ian A fall in the pit a gain in your wit. Fight fail, fight again, fail again fight on to final victor. As you grow someone is at the next level waiting for you. The magic and beauty is in the discovery. Girls, who can understand them? Women, who can really know them? I looked in the mirror today and saw a different person and said "were did you come from and what are you doing in my pajamas?" The taxman has his foot on my neck and he don't even lived in our neighborhood. Lean on the bank for a minute and they learn on you for a life time. You are bigger than you think, smaller than you can imagine and twice as important. Don't leave a corner of milk in the container. Leave the big piece of chicken for Dad. He might not eat it but want to look at it before he goes to bed. The only thing perfect is life is Mom. If you don't believe me ask her. What lights up the dream you see is the sun of your imagination. Ask your mother. Divide the impossible by the probable and you might get close to the answer. Eyes only see. The mind produces vision. Paper money is an agreement between between me and the grocery and this agreement lets us eat. Living on easy street is hard. The dog house is not that bad. God is hard to understand. I'm still growing up with out getting any taller. God said we cannot ask questions after 8:00 pm, except to Moma. Moma knows where air comes from. Ask her. Dad had an accident when he was young and forgets the answer. Ask Mom, she has a real good memory. She has never had any accidents.
Re: Re: Re: autism and autistic economics
Title: Re: [PEN-L:30210] Re: Re: autism and autistic economics Gosh Ian, this is interesting. What are the principles of these two types of economics? HOw about: 4. the new emerges from the decomposing on 09/13/2002 2:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/12/02 11:17:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Recently, I was trying to convince my son, who has Asperger's Syndrome (borderline autism), that nothing can ever be perfect. This goes against his perfectionism, a common symptom of AS, which encourages him to give up too easily -- since perfection is unattainable. Then I continued, with a list: 1. Nothing is ever perfect. 2. Change is normal. 3. The future is uncertain. Then it struck me, that these represent major oppositions to the dominant form of autistic economics, i.e., neoclassical economics, which values perfect and static models of an imaginary world with no uncertainty. Can anyone think of what to add to the list? == Beings perish. Institutions become obsolete. Ian A fall in the pit a gain in your wit. Fight fail, fight again, fail again fight on to final victor. As you grow someone is at the next level waiting for you. The magic and beauty is in the discovery. Girls, who can understand them? Women, who can really know them? I looked in the mirror today and saw a different person and said were did you come from and what are you doing in my pajamas? The taxman has his foot on my neck and he don't even lived in our neighborhood. Lean on the bank for a minute and they learn on you for a life time. You are bigger than you think, smaller than you can imagine and twice as important. Don't leave a corner of milk in the container. Leave the big piece of chicken for Dad. He might not eat it but want to look at it before he goes to bed. The only thing perfect is life is Mom. If you don't believe me ask her. What lights up the dream you see is the sun of your imagination. Ask your mother. Divide the impossible by the probable and you might get close to the answer. Eyes only see. The mind produces vision. Paper money is an agreement between between me and the grocery and this agreement lets us eat. Living on easy street is hard. The dog house is not that bad. God is hard to understand. I'm still growing up with out getting any taller. God said we cannot ask questions after 8:00 pm, except to Moma. Moma knows where air comes from. Ask her. Dad had an accident when he was young and forgets the answer. Ask Mom, she has a real good memory. She has never had any accidents.
RE: autism and autistic economics
Shit happens? -- i.e., shocks, kinks, discontinuities [sounds like one of my dates] mbs Recently, I was trying to convince my son, who has Asperger's Syndrome (borderline autism), that nothing can ever be perfect. This goes against his perfectionism, a common symptom of AS, which encourages him to give up too easily -- since perfection is unattainable. Then I continued, with a list: 1. Nothing is ever perfect. 2. Change is normal. 3. The future is uncertain. Then it struck me, that these represent major oppositions to the dominant form of autistic economics, i.e., neoclassical economics, which values perfect and static models of an imaginary world with no uncertainty. Can anyone think of what to add to the list? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Re: autism and autistic economics
autism and autistic economics - Original Message - From: Devine, James To: Pen-l (E-mail) Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: [PEN-L:30192] autism and autistic economics Recently, I was trying to convince my son, who has Asperger's Syndrome (borderline autism), that nothing can ever be perfect. This goes against his perfectionism, a common symptom of AS, which encourages him to give up too easily -- since perfection is unattainable. Then I continued, with a list: 1. Nothing is ever perfect. 2. Change is normal. 3. The future is uncertain. Then it struck me, that these represent major oppositions to the dominant form of autistic economics, i.e., neoclassical economics, which values perfect and static models of an imaginary world with no uncertainty. Can anyone think of what to add to the list? == Beings perish. Institutions become obsolete. Ian
RE: Re: autism and autistic economics
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30194] Re: autism and autistic economics nothing is inevitable but death, taxes, and ... lawyers. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine 1. Nothing is ever perfect. 2. Change is normal. 3. The future is uncertain. Can anyone think of what to add to the list? == Beings perish. Institutions become obsolete. Ian
re: autism and autistic economics
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