That makes sense but I just sat there quietly and listened. No self-aggrandizing questions. And then I left.
Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Feb 5, 2017 1:04 PM, "Marcus Daniels" <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank writes: > > > < I don't know about economic equality but they've reduced their embrace > of intellectual equality. The public is no longer welcome at their > colloquia "without an invitation". Only "community events" are available > to others. > > > > Years ago (maybe not now), it depended on the resident faculty as much as > the management. Some had graduate students and postdocs that were > tightly-knit and really only had a public facing side in so far as they > were pushing out papers. Other faculty were very focused and productive > and had few if any junior staff. Still others very much liked entertaining > students and colleagues from other universities and even the public. My > perception was there was a bias towards the last type of person so much so > it got in the way of SFI's ability to do research. If you didn't > participate in the wining and dining, the dog and pony shows, or the > educational outreach, you were at risk, even if there was some other > external dimension on which you were a very visible part of the > organization. Further, my perception was that the wining and dining arm of > the organization didn't really have a clear picture of the other ways in > which the institute did outreach, or care. They only could understand the > one they were responsible for, and they viewed it as very much a top-down > thing, where most of the researchers weren't at the top. > > > If there has been a change, I suspect it is more toward reducing > distraction, and keeping the signal/noise ratio high. They want/need > their official visitors to go away happy with their time there, and having > all manner of random people around makes it harder to present the image > they want. (I don't mean that in a cynical way, but you can reasonably > take it that way if you want.) > > > Marcus > ------------------------------ > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Frank Wimberly < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 4, 2017 1:20:53 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] SFI to Trump: The dangers of simplicity in a > complex world > > I don't know about economic equality but they've reduced their embrace of > intellectual equality. The public is no longer welcome at their colloquia > "without an invitation". Only "community events" are available to others. > > Frank Wimberly, PhD > \I don't usually do this > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > On Feb 4, 2017 1:13 PM, "Steven A Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cody- > > Nicely noticed! > > - Steve > > The letter is very nice but based on the (possibly false) premise that > they want economic equality, believe in climate change, and want to avoid > cascading conflicts. > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017, 12:08 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > > Reason and politics collide! > > > On page 103 of.. > > > https://issuu.com/devonisaiah/docs/santafe_vol2iss2_web > > > <https://issuu.com/devonisaiah/docs/santafe_vol2iss2_web> > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Owen Densmore < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 4, 2017 11:18:55 AM > *To:* Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* [FRIAM] SFI to Trump: The dangers of simplicity in a complex > world > > I'm impressed with SFI's response to the ban on immigrants: > http://web-prod.santafe.edu/news-center/news/dangers-simplic > ity-complex-world > > Starts with: > > The recent ban on immigrants to the Unites States is a dangerous and > simplistic step that ignores the complexity of our networked world. > > > -- 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 > > > > ============================================================ > 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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