[FRIAM] response to: Friam Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12

2015-02-15 Thread peggy miller
Steve Smith and Marcus wrote of GMO's and their concerns related to how we seem to construct only worse disasters as we endeavor through unnatural means to address ones we have already created. I agree and add to their views with this: natural is a term bandied about easily, but it is a very

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/15/2015 4:05 PM, Steve Smith wrote: This also could be considered another salvo *in* the politics of fear. /If you *don't* approve on my schedule, the unregulated use of any given promising technology to relieve my specific life-threatening condition, you are harming me/. What I would

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
This also could be considered another salvo *in* the politics of fear.   "If you *don't* approve on my schedule, the unregulated use of any given promising technology to relieve my specific life-threatening condition, you are

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Victoria Hughes
This is an excellent question. Thanks, Steve. First, do you truly think it is possible or useful to have a balance between Faber, Sapiens, and Ludens? Then what would it be? My vote would be for a Taoist approach, responding to the needs of the moment with the appropriate way of being. Rather

Re: [FRIAM] GMO and the evil you know

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
Peggy - Steve Smith and Marcus wrote of GMO's and their concerns related to how we seem to construct only worse disasters as we endeavor through unnatural means to address ones we have already created. I'm not sure Marcus shares my concerns, his commentary may be on the meta-problem more than

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Michelle Minkoff

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On Sat, 2015-02-14 at 12:58 -0700, Tom Johnson wrote: Some interesting observations by a young journalism developer. There seem to be some connections between journalism and software development. There are uber-hard debugging problems that may have some of the qualities of investigative

[FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
Victoria writes:   “IN the long run it is more profitable, and much less arrogant.”   If I were sick with one of these conditions, I’d be extra

Re: [FRIAM] response to: Friam Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Victoria writes: IN the long run it is more profitable, and much less arrogant. If I were sick with one of these conditions, I'd be extra special mad if it approval of these treatments were hung up on the politics of fear.

Re: [FRIAM] response to: Friam Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12

2015-02-15 Thread Victoria Hughes
IN the long run it is more profitable, and much less arrogant. Tory Hughes victo...@toryhughes.com 505-301-9142 On Feb 15, 2015, at 10:39 AM, peggy miller highlandwi...@gmail.com wrote: Steve Smith and Marcus wrote of GMO's and their concerns related to how we seem to construct only

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 2/15/2015 5:35 PM, Steve Smith wrote: On the other hand, like so many of us, I can admit to a bias *against* rapid technology deployment (not necessarily against rapid scientific development. ) One treatment for relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis is dimethyl fumarate. This goes for

Re: [FRIAM] Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Carl Tollander
Steve, when the Dengue Fever looked to get out of control in downtown Tokyo last fall they became very interested indeed. West Nile outbreaks occur in the US every year. What do people do? They do what is widely perceived to be the right thing: they spray. A lot. It may not be the best

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] Re: Faber, Sapiens, or Ludens?

2015-02-15 Thread Steve Smith
Carl - Steve, when the Dengue Fever looked to get out of control in downtown Tokyo last fall they became very interested indeed.   West Nile outbreaks occur in the US every year.  What do people do?  They do what is widely perceived to be the