Odd... my initial reaction to the synopsis was that it sounded very heteronormative :- D <[email protected]>
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 5:36 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Uck! A world without women; would it be SEXIST to say, I think that would > be a truly dreary place? How could it NOT be sexist to say that? Hmmmm! > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Smith > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Talent and Moral Luck - Steelman attempt > > > > > > One could drive the cash to a recipient, or send Bitcoin. There's no > requirement of anyone to afford a donor of any particular convenience. > > I submit this apocalyptic tale from Frank Herbert (Dune): > > https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93448.The_White_Plague > > Relevant Synopsis: Scientist (microbiologist/virologist) has his wife > and daughter(s?) killed in a terrorist (IRA) attack on civilians. He > withdraws from his work, consolidates his assets and builds a biolab in the > basement of a farmhouse in Iowa (or similar). He gene splices a virus that > has A) good longevity outside of human body; B) spreads easily and well; > C) kills only women. He consolidates his remaining assets into small > bills; laces them with the virus; sends modest donations to every front > for terrorist organizations he can discover. He built in a time-out that > *should* stop the virus after the appropriate number of generations to kill > all of the terrorist/ally women. This is where all goes awry... a > mutation? breaks the timeout and the virus spreads around the world leaving > all but a few handfuls of women who happened to be in some kind of > isolation (e.g. in space, yachting around the world, etc.) ... this is the > first two chapters or so, the rest (bulk) of the book is post-apocalyptic > yadda yadda but with the overtone of all the surviving men in the world > having to come to terms with how much they took their women for granted, > etc. > > Sadly, I fear this scenario is not nearly as far fetched as it was when he > wrote it (80s?)... > > Cross breed this story with Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" and you get > virus that collapses the world economic system... > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Friam <[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of jon zingale > > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:26 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Talent and Moral Luck - Steelman attempt > > > > Very well summarized. I am hearing that Nick's question is one of cultural > cultivation. Finding and maintaining a sweet spot seems crucial. Is it the > responsibility and obligation of those with power to sit at the head of the > household, to play the role of daddy to all free persons? I watched a DW > broadcast where it was reported that financial services like Stripe no longer > allow users to donate money to Donald Trump, and Deutsche Bank has cut > business ties with him. The report closed with a broadcaster saying, "Well, > it looks like money talks". I couldn't help but think that it was exactly the > opposite, a place where money will not. I was left thinking that I could > donate money to a felon sitting in prison, but not the exiting president of > the United States (not that I have such an ambition). Here pressures on > Trump's context are being reformed to reflect a new status for the man. Is > this an example of a change in *our attitudes*? > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.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/ > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > > 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/ >
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