Nick - When? Where? -- R On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Peter, > > A bit of Santa Feana for you Joyce lovers. > > Did you know that there is a Joyce group in Town here that meets weekly to > read and discuss Joyces work? This week they are working through Portrait > of the Artist, chapter by chapter, and Finnegan's Wake, sentence by > sentence. The group is led by an actor named Adam Harvey, who > distinguishes himself (I am not kidding) by being able to recite more or > less any passage of Finnegan's Wake from memory. > > Anybody is welcome. > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > Clark University ([email protected]) > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent:* 2/16/2010 2:34:04 PM > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Americans: Neither Ugly nor Dumb > > Americans: Neither Ugly nor Dumb > > I have enjoyed the plethora of Wisdom apropos contemporary mores and > innovation from Friam correspondents: finally a reply is irresistible. But > I can respond only with banal facts I have personally experienced and know > to be true. > > On dumth: I have earned a living in Africa, New Zealand, England and USA. > During my years in the US I have found people to be generous, open-minded, > honorable and mainly smarter than me. And folks here are significantly > more civilized and humane than those in any other continent that I have > worked in. So I am surprised at Friam correspondents’ apparent contempt > for our fellow citizens - mebbe they know whereof they prattle, mebbe > not. > > On innovation: the sage advice is all correct - and all irrelevant. I > have spent decades working professionally with DARPA, NASA, DOD, US Renewable > Energy Institute, many aerospace corps, and as a consultant for patent > applications . I continually witness a brilliant, humbling, kaleidoscope > of new ideas. I reckon, before pontificating, pundits should establish > qualifications of their own creativity: patents issued, original papers > and articles, senior managerial accomplishments. Perhaps they are too > modest to list these. > > I love reading the Friam stuff as fiction. I think Joyceans call it > Stream of Consciousness. It would be very nice if people provided > specific support for their assertions. > > > Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures > > Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. > > 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505,USA > tel:(505)983-7728 > > > ============================================================ > 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
