Barry (nod to Tom J) - I very much agree that the demise (severe constriction?) of "long form journalism" is significantly a problem for the larger discourse on the many problems we face. I'm not sure if the *readership* will support a return to this. I myself am guilty of "grazing" on hypermedia sound/video/text-bites rather than taking the time and energy to prepare and sit down to a proper 7 course meal. Despite having a fairly educated and well read peer group (here and elsewhere) I find that my friends and colleagues to be as guilty as I of the same. I *do* want to believe that as the nation's cortisol levels drop (at least those who remove themselves from the Facebook/Twitter-sphere).
I am just now listening to the newsfeeds applaud Biden's significant (popular) but still squeek-by (electoral college) win and the Senate remaining Republican controlled. I went to bed late Tuesday night and woke early Wednesday with a feeling of trepidation that Trump & Co had pulled off the same thing they did in 2016, but by Wednesday evening I began holding my breath in hopeful anticipation. Today I finally exhaled as the Presidential Electoral map turned blue (enough) today (or more to the point, the major news networks, including Fox, declared a win to Biden). Marcus' point about "local optimization according to local information" is relevant to the line of discussion SteveG has been promoting... fundamentally "trusting in the collective, emergent, complex-adaptive-system". Of course, this begs "what means local?" in a highly connected world. I personally feel that my ability to be a "good citizen of the world" is improved by having dozens of friends/colleagues around the world who I can tap directly for information when something comes up that they are much more likely to know directly about than I could (or any major media outlet). I have other friends/colleagues who have even more meaningful connections (via global communications) than I do, so even if I can't get first-order information, I can get *second order*. I don't follow social media (esp. Twitter and Facebook) which feels to me to facilitate the *worst* of the negative feedback loops because they seem to undermine *personal* investment/responsibility in the messaging they carry. - Steve > This applies to our zoom discussion on Friday. > > —Barry > > https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/solution-trump-biden-polarization-may-be-easier-cheaper-we-think-n1246573 > > > Sent from my iPad > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
