I know the hot topic now is SOPA. I understand this is important. What I do
not understand is the occupy movement. The basic idea goes like this:
* perception: 1% of the people own 99% of the money
* reason: injustice! inequality!
* action: sit down and occupy their places
Something which
Jochen, hi,
For a while I have shown the sense to stay quiet, but let me try to
address this one a little, because I can send a file that has some
technical papers which I think address some of these points.
It seems to me that the 99%/1% paradigm and Occupy are targeted at
slightly
Oops, sorry for two posts:
To address the specifics of your post, which I meant to do.
If social inequality is the main question, then it may be a partisan
issue, because there will be a spread of opinions in the society of
what is desirable, and at some level of approximation, the adoption
Dear everybody,
I have been working at the edges of the occupy/99% movement in Santa Fe,
where we just put together a sizeable demonstration to welcome the governor
and the legislature back to work. We are now trying to figure out which
legislative actions to support and oppose in the short 30
Looks like you have lost interest in Psychology? Your book about the new
realists with Eric seems to be published, right? I guess it was called 'A new
look at new realism'. No other book in the pipeline? I think Psychology is
still much more fascinating than Politics.
-J.
Sent from
Disagree about politics vs. psychology, though they are deeply
intertwined.
And Nick, I salute you for your activism. Did NOT know that WalMart
has a different tax rate than local businesses. Them that has gits.
Pamela
On Jan 21, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
Looks like you have
Thanks for the update, Nick. It was very helpful to me.
Grant
On 1/21/12 11:05 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
Dear everybody,
I have been working at the edges of the occupy/99% movement in Santa Fe,
where we just put together a sizeable demonstration to welcome the governor
and the legislature
Jochen, it seems like your question is generating a variety of types of
answers, maybe you want to clarify your meaning in the context of the
answers given so far?
That said, this would be an excellent Quora http://quora.com
question/set-of-answers.
I think (from my very tangential experience, I
