[FRIAM] You should read Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
It's ~philosophy, written in a pseudo-mathematical way. It needs you to read it like it's true to work well. It's *really good*. http://wtf.tw/ref/carse.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse/dp/1476731713 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] An interesting article
https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23876 I won't ruin it by trying to summarize :) 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
Re: [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?
Are you actually going to make different predictions than you did before this occurred to you? On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > C. explanation è prediction ècontrol N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','friam-boun...@redfish.com');>] *On Behalf > Of *Carter Charbonneau > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:10 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','friam@redfish.com');>> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill? > > > > http://lesswrong.com/lw/2as/diseased_thinking_dissolving_questions_about/ > > Seriously, what's the point of diagnosing him? > > On Jan 10, 2017 11:55 PM, "Jochen Fromm" <j...@cas-group.net > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','j...@cas-group.net');>> wrote: > > I posted this on Google+, since we have a lot of psychologists here you > might be interested too? > > > > Psychologists, therapists and mental health professionals seem to be > fascinated and terrified alike by the new president who has not only become > a brand, but is nothing but a brand: > > 1. he seems to be a textbook case of a narcissistic personality disorder > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald- > trump-mentally_b_13693174.html > > 2. he was elected although he imitates the behavior of an massive Internet > troll > https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-embodied-mind/ > 201701/unified-theory-trump > > 3. he displays a total lack of honesty and truth-telling > http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ > > All DSM-5 criteria of a narcissistic personality disorder seem to be > fulfilled. Should we be worried? What do you think? He shows a clear need > for instant retaliation if someone criticizes him, which is obviously some > form a narcissistic rage. It is clearly more than a self-serving bias, and > such a deep personality disorder is not harmless at all. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias > > The problem is he is in a position where he can pull the strings now, as > the commander in chief of the most powerful army. The US has about 2000 > nuclear weapons on high alert, and there is a soldier with the nuclear > football following the president at all times. What could go wrong? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football > > > > -Jochen > > > > > > > > > > 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
Re: [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill?
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2as/diseased_thinking_dissolving_questions_about/ Seriously, what's the point of diagnosing him? On Jan 10, 2017 11:55 PM, "Jochen Fromm"wrote: > I posted this on Google+, since we have a lot of psychologists here you > might be interested too? > > Psychologists, therapists and mental health professionals seem to be > fascinated and terrified alike by the new president who has not only become > a brand, but is nothing but a brand: > > 1. he seems to be a textbook case of a narcissistic personality disorder > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald- > trump-mentally_b_13693174.html > > 2. he was elected although he imitates the behavior of an massive Internet > troll > https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-embodied-mind/ > 201701/unified-theory-trump > > 3. he displays a total lack of honesty and truth-telling > http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ > > All DSM-5 criteria of a narcissistic personality disorder seem to be > fulfilled. Should we be worried? What do you think? He shows a clear need > for instant retaliation if someone criticizes him, which is obviously some > form a narcissistic rage. It is clearly more than a self-serving bias, and > such a deep personality disorder is not harmless at all. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias > > The problem is he is in a position where he can pull the strings now, as > the commander in chief of the most powerful army. The US has about 2000 > nuclear weapons on high alert, and there is a soldier with the nuclear > football following the president at all times. What could go wrong? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football > > -Jochen > > > > > > 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