*Illegitimi non carborundum* On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM, gⅼеɳ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Roberts says: "The country is on the wrong track. (Everyone believes this > one)." > > This sentence and the parenthetical convinced me of what RussA's already > said, that Roberts is too trapped by his fear-based conservatism to see the > asymmetry. What Roberts is saying is utter garbage. Everyone? Sheesh. I > see the likes of Musk or the Y-Combinator crowd yapping all day about all > the good things we're doing (here and in plenty of other countries). > People as different as Hillary Clinton and Michael Shermer talk quite > positively about our direction. I could go on. But the fundamental point > is: > > Conservatives are afraid. _They_ think the country is on the wrong > track. Other than Trump and the last dying gasps of the traits that got > him elected, the rest of us believe the country was (and kinda still is) on > a very good track! To think otherwise is to be guilty of exactly what > Roberts says is happening ... living in your own little bubble. > > However, on the liberal side, we do have plenty of Chicken Little's. Stop > freaking out and keep up the good work. Trump and his moron supporters are > just one more problem we're working on. Tomorrow will be more like > Starfleet as long as we keep working at it. > > > On 09/13/2017 08:04 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > Medium, my current outlet of choice, has an interesting "story" (Medium > deals in Stories, not Tech nor Politics nor ...). It echos a lot of what > we've been dealing with. > > > > https://medium.com/@russroberts/the-world-turned- > upside-down-and-what-to-do-about-it-2dc27d1cf5f5 <https://medium.com/@ > russroberts/the-world-turned-upside-down-and-what-to-do- > about-it-2dc27d1cf5f5> > > > > Somewhat dark, but awfully close to home. > > > -- > ☣ gⅼеɳ > > ============================================================ > 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
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