Barbara Bush was said to have evolved in her thinking on various issues.[1] Biden has followed trends too. Should past beliefs and actions make it impossible to accept progress provided the change is enduring? A riot (say) could serve to make people remember and recognize the cost structure associated with a policy or norm. "Oh sh*t, this is important, I need to pay attention."
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/a-visit-with-barbara-bush/558362/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ? glen Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:12 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Don't take your guns (or ammo) to town... Yeah, I've wondered if, say, a Wells Fargo building places a BLM sign in their window, whether that would impact whether they were vandalized. It depends in a fundamental way on the 'theory of mind' or mind-reading capabilities of the rioter. To what extent is such a sign mere lip service vs an authentic gesture? I'd be a bit ashamed if lip service were adequate. On September 16, 2020 12:48:29 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > >It definitely makes me think every time I drive by the local hardware >store and still see it boarded up with plywood -- the plywood now >covered with graffiti. It makes me speculate about the guilty >conscience of the owners, actually. The movie theater across the >street put up a Black Lives Matter sign on the marquee, and nothing >happened to them. > >This is reptile brain stuff, but I think it has an impact. -- glen ⛧ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
