The analog wouldn't be cell death. It would be systemic, much more like a self-regulatory dysfunction, auto-immune disease or cancer of a diffuse system (like a blood cancer). Perhaps an even better analog would be simple aging. Or maybe the solution that we _are_ ... our structure, way of being, a mechanism discovered by evolution ... is no longer appropriate. The landscape has changed and this solution is no longer a solution. In this context, mass shootings, fascism, kids who can't hold down jobs walking around with vape pipes in their mouths and earbuds in their ears, etc. are all evidence that evolution is searching for a _new_ solution to the new problem.
Sounds like transhumanism to me! On 08/01/2016 04:28 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > What if the age of the middle class is just gone? It seems inevitable that > robotics and gradual improvements to machine learning and then artificial > intelligence will displace more and more workers. What the trend toward > concentration of wealth is really just the first sign of a necessary downward > pressure on the human population? The fascism, racism, etc. are just a > _/symptom/_ -- a sort of analogue to programmed cell death? > > > > *From:*Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jochen Fromm > *Sent:* Monday, August 01, 2016 4:13 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Narcissism and Mass Shootings > > > > I don't understand everything you said but there seems to be a lot of anger > in the air. So you would consider voting for Trump? My impression is that the > old "American Dream" seems to be broken. No health care system can indeed fix > a fast food culture which makes people sick because they consume overpriced > food imitation instead of real food. No taxes seem to be able to fix the > screaming injustice of unlimited capitalism either. If the super rich > billionaires like Charles Koch, Mark Cuban or Mike Bloomberg would share a > bit of their extraordinary wealth, then ordinary people would certainly have > to suffer less. Higher taxes for the super rich, better health care and > stronger rules for corporations that make you sick would probably be a first > step towards more justice. Trump's politics is not the way to any plausible > solution from an European point of view. I fear that a narcissistic > personality will lead to an exaggerated collective narcissism which is > indistinguishable from > fascism, racism, or similar forms of political mistakes. Is the situation in > Santa Fe really so bad? I thought Owen earns well? though and still don't that my needs and wants get met all that well. > -- ☢ 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
