"Herauskristalizieren" was big at the University of Vienna some years back. "Crystalize out" more or less. For German that's a catch phrase :)
Mike On May 27, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Parks, Raymond wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... >> A column that, whether the author realizes it or not, reflects >> emergence. (Hmmmm. Do we need a term the equivalent of "Realpolitik"? >> Realemerg? Or whatever the German term would be?) -tj > > Emergentzy? Or is that too Slavic? > > According to Google language services, the literal translation of > Emergence Politics would be Auftauchen Politik, which sounds way to > complicated to be a catch-phrase. > > Back to the NYT column - the author seems to conveniently ignore > Howard Dean and Ron Paul. They both have had great success at on-line > fund-raising - but since they're from the Hilary generation, they > didn't > really take advantage of the networking. Paul's supporters, in > particular, seem to have had to do the networking on their own. > > One aspect of the on-line, social network culture that the author > (also of the wrong generation based on his picture alone) ignores is > the > ephemereal nature of social networks. Who remembers sixdegrees or the > many other social networks that existed long before myspace or > facebook? > They were all fads or just unlucky - some factor (butterfly wings in > the web?) just didn't happen to push them over the threshold. Heck, > even the current social networking sites are being supplanted. > > Another aspect the author ignores is the fickleness of on-line > social > networks. All it takes is a catchy rumour and suddenly the favourite > son (or daughter) will be cast-off and ignored. > > -- > Ray Parks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 > ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 > http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 > http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
