Glen, 

 

I am afraid I have not been following this closely enough to know the white 
hats from the black hats.  I think one of the dimensions of disagreement here 
is on the possibility of social planning.  If one thinks that the subject 
matters studied by sociologists and economists are essentially chaotic,  then 
social planning is either foolish or manipulative … like bishops telling 
parishioners to defer gratification so they, the bishops, can live opulent 
lives in the Bishop’s Palace.  As a consequence of running such a scam, the 
Vatican runs half of Rome, right?  That new society sounds like a reforming and 
a planning lot.  That’s as far as my thinking has gotten on this.  As you see, 
it’s not very far.  

 

My grandchildren are visiting, and between dealing with them, and  naps and 
long nights of dead sleep to recuperate, I don’t have much time to mull over 
emails these days.  Feel free to ignore me. 

 

All the best, 

 

Nick 

 

 

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> 
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gepr
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 10:17 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

 


On Jun 29, 2015 7:08 PM, "Nick Thompson" <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>
> So, Glen.  Are you fur it or agin it?

I don't see any reason to be against it. Why? Are you against it?

> https://evolution-institute.org/project/society-for-the-study-of-cultural-evolution/
>
> > A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution

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