There was a great sound bite from Mark Cuban to the effect that Trump is that guy who goes into a bar and will say whatever it takes to get laid.
-- rec -- On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 1:09 PM, glen ⛧ <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find the executive actions (EPA, immigration, title 9, etc.) > interesting. If we assume Trump is really just an empty shell trying to > get elected by the most convenient means, then an old argument about > unelected bureaucrats running the country becomes more relevant. These > entrenched employees high up enough to be considered "executives", yet low > enough to avoid the changing of the guard after an election, should be able > to wrangle Trump effectively ... ensure that things continue to be done in > somewhat traditional, stable, ways. But if Trump really does hold some > core beliefs that he'd be willing to take action on, it would be > interesting to see how far he could get. My cynical guess is he'd go for > the high-profile, easier to achieve, actions just so he can maintain and > advance "Trump" as a household name, allowing the real governing to be done > by the entrenched bureaucrats (or any competent people he may - > accidentally - bring with him). > > On 05/14/2016 07:04 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > From a machine learning perspective, politics is ensemble weak > learning. His is just without logical constraints between the weak > learners. I think it is more likely his actions are without purpose or > coherent ideology. He's not gaming different constituencies to get his > way, he is just looking for a way to be instrumental. He's a shallow > person, a salesman and an aspiring actor. > > > -- > ⛧ glen > > ============================================================ > 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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