I was made to take piano lessons for five years. I did minimal practice, but still hated it and the idea of it. I can’t do it all now, and don’t wish I could. Don’t tell me what is important. I will prioritize what I want.
That said, a vaccine is passive and takes no attention. > On Sep 1, 2021, at 7:29 AM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > UK judge orders rightwing extremist to read classic literature or face prison > https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/01/judge-orders-rightwing-extremist-to-read-classic-literature-or-face-prison > > I know several liberals who agree with the righties that vaccine and mask > mandates are bad, though not for the same reasons. Righties yap about fascism > and limits to their "freedom". But the liberals talk about how mandates just > push the righties further into their foxholes, preventing collegial > conversation. > > So the story above is an interesting situation in similar style. Renee', to > this day, hates Shakespeare because she was forced to memorize Romeo and > Juliet as a kid. Of course, she doesn't hate Shakespeare, because she hasn't > read much Shakespeare. She just *thinks* she hates it because of this > "mandate" she suffered under. This court mandated "literature therapy" being > imposed on this kid could work, if he can read it sympathetically. But if he > can't, if he simply reads it "syntactically", what will he learn? > > BC Smith, in his book "The Promise of AI", channels Steels & Brooks [ψ] in > writing: > > "What does all this mean in the case of AIs and computer systems generally? > Perhaps at least this: that it is hard to see how synthetic systems could be > trained in the ways of judgment except by gradually, incrementally, and > systematically enmeshed in normative practices that engage with the world and > that involve thick engagement with teachers ('elders'), who can steadily > develop and inculcate not just 'moral sensibility' but also intellectual > appreciation of intentional commitment to the world." > > If we think of this kid, Ben John, as an AI, what will he learn by mandating > he read Dickens? Similarly, what are the mandate protesters learning from our > mandates? Stupidity should be painful. And the court's reaction to this kid's > stupidity, the pain of reading Pride and Prejudice, should teach that kid > something. But which is the more dangerous stupidity? Which stupidity runs > the risk of a more catastrophic outcome? Avoiding the vaccine? Or mandating > vaccination? > > > [ψ] https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351001885 > > -- > ☤>$ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > 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 > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 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 FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
