Right.  

 

In case it isn’t obvious, Malthusiasm is a combination of Malthus (the guy who 
said that all populations are doomed to increase the level where everybody is 
miserable) and enthusiasm.  Green folks are often accused of Malthusiasm.  

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

 <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> 
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:10 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] More distraction

 

Aren't Germans the champions of this?  They take a sentence and make a word of 
it?  Remember fahrvergnugen?  Enjoyment derived from driving?

 

Frank

 

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:04 PM <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

MALTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm concerning  bad things happening, in particular, bad 
things happening to populations.  

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

 <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> 
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

From: Friam <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On 
Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:54 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] More distraction

 

O.K.  Not bad.  Definition?

 

 

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

How about MALTHUSIASM?

 

Nick 

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

 <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> 
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

From: Friam <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On 
Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:16 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: [FRIAM] More distraction

 

Has the list noticed the new perfect word for frustrated climatologists and 
epidemiologists:  Cassandrafreude.  This is like labradoodle, another 
"portmanteau" word.  One definition offered is "the bitter pleasure of things 
going wrong in exactly the way you predicted but no one believed you when it 
could have made a difference."  Any other suggested definitions?  You go, Nick!

 

 

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