Thanks, Nick, for the research on “thick” and “thin.”
On Dec 28, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Patrick Reilly <[email protected]> wrote: > Not my terms. > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Pamela McCorduck <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven’t heard the terms “thin problems” and “thick problems.” Are these > yours, Patrick? They’re wonderfully intuitive: if I hadn’t heard the terms > before, I still knew what you meant. Thanks. > > As for the techno-liberterians of Silicon Valley, it’s useless to remind them > that they ride on a grand government investment of half a century ago, that > none of them, individually, or collectively, would have made. But on this, I > save my breath to cool my soup. > > Pamela > > > On Dec 28, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Patrick Reilly <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Well, the main point I have (unless Nick's psychoanalysis of my thinly >> submitted aggressiveness is the real story) is that I believe that there are >> thin problems and thick problems, and that solvers of thin problems are >> overly regarded in Silicon Valley culture. >> >> Such captains of industry think that, if they could have coded Twitter, then >> they know all that they need to to address any discoverable problem after a >> day or two's investigation. So the referenced article on the dilemma of >> Physics will be a valuable reference for me in suggesting that some problems >> are thick problems . . . and require extensive data-gathering. >> >> And yes, I am tired of hearing from techno-Libertarians that all political >> problems and privacy rights issues are easily solvable by merely limiting or >> hobbling government action. Particularly when IMHO there are currently >> numerous private corporate entities that need to be better restrained and >> regulated. >> >> >> >> --- Pat >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:35 PM, gepr <[email protected]> wrote: >> FWIW, I'm very interested in your responses, being an ex-libertarian with >> both marxist and observationalist friends. >> >> On Dec 28, 2015 1:35 PM, "Patrick Reilly" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm mainly worried that my educational session with Nick is boring >> > everyone else. >> >> ============================================================ >> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and >> confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) >> named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified >> that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this >> communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, >> please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the >> original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, please send >> an email to [email protected]. >> ============================================================ >> 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 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 > > > > -- > The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and > confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) > named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the > original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, please send > an email to [email protected]. > ============================================================ > 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
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