Interesting! The Pogo cartoon and saying is a family staple. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey, Owen, > > > > When I was 32 or so, I ran for the post of Planning Board Chair for the > Town of New Braintree. I was young and very idealistic about participatory > democracy, and so I set as my goal to visit every house in Town to talk > about the future of the Town, which was just small enough that that goal > was plausible. Like every small New England town, New Braintree it was > riven with factionalism and anger. However, my hosts agreed upon one thing > for sure: “they” were responsible for all that was wrong with the Town. > Thing was, I never found out who “they” was. I never even found a “We.” > Political unity existed only in the mind of those who saw themselves the > victims of it. > > > > It was about that year that the this cartoon appeared. > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Owen > Densmore > *Sent:* Saturday, January 07, 2017 10:09 PM > > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair > > > > All those who were outside the set of those hurt by their decisions. > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > O > > > > And who, exactly, is this “elite” of whom we speak with such assurance and > contempt? > > > > N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Owen > Densmore > *Sent:* Saturday, January 07, 2017 9:38 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Hope or Despair > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/08/ > blaming-fake-news-not-the-answer-democracy-crisis > > > > -- rec -- > > > > Amen! > > > > Democracy may or may not be drowning in fake news, but it’s definitely > drowning in elite hypocrisy. > > > > I > > hope we're able to escape that ourselves. I'm concerned that we too are > "smug liberals". I hope I can invite my garbage collector to my next party > as Pope Francis did. > > > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > ============================================================ > 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-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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