I believe this observation connects to the thread on bogus medical predictions by AIs. Also to the thread on “we speak different languages”, where somebody ran a translator program on the most-trollish non-language of the comments sections on social-media posts.
> To become successful [in too-large parts of science and technology] you have > to produce what millions of people want, and that can be a silly dance. Eric > On Oct 11, 2021, at 7:20 AM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a funny aspect about it, but it is not specific for a certain > country. The funny part for me is that he was never really successful as an > artist and lived a moderate life in a suburb of Nashville. It was a silly > dance posted by his daughter on TikTok that brought him success, not the hard > work or the good connections. To become successful you have to produce what > millions of people want, and that can be a silly dance. > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> > Date: 10/11/21 08:36 (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Unexpected success > > No, not at all. Nobody has heard about it here. I have discovered the song in > the Canadian charts and then found reports on YouTube which explain the > TikTok story and the background here on WGN-TV > https://youtu.be/3rtISNjb06k > and here on CNBC > https://youtu.be/IdozZS38Cso > > If you see the YouTube reports then you will agree that Walker Hayes seems to > be a nice guy who is a good dad and deserves the unexpected success. Maybe he > is making fun of his own country, but I don't understand the song text good > enough to recognize the subtleties (upgrade? styrofoam?) and I have never > been to an Applebee's either. I don't know what it is like. > > J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > Date: 10/11/21 06:15 (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Unexpected success > > Is this how Germans make fun of Americans? > >> On Oct 10, 2021, at 12:14 AM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Have you heard the story of Walker Hayes? He is a country singer from >> Franklin, Tennessee, who struggled to make a living in order to feed his 6 >> six kids. During the pandemic he wrote a song "Fancy Like". After listening >> to his song his daughter convinced him that it needs a dance. The two >> recorded a dance together, uploaded it on TikTok and the song went viral. >> Applebees noticed it and turned it into a commercial. Now Walker has finally >> the commercial success he was looking for, thanks to Applebees, his daughter >> and a dance on TikTok. Have you tried a Bourbon Street Steak at Applebees? >> Is it good? >> https://youtu.be/HAU_-R3QGv8 >> >> -J. >> >> >> >> .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2ffriam_redfish.com&c=E,1,4AabpGficYq4OF3gyAXzRfQAJGZpCTMsjXD8MgW8CFP-TrId6HOqW2OyP_Tcf06Ev7Z2vhhF8OPtKmXiNkZOOrlCkW3tlOaCYFQeUkEoCg,,&typo=1&ancr_add=1> >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffriam-comic.blogspot.com%2f&c=E,1,mh8ViUqDLOuIcgRIAYHvpkuG2i3mOK4-EQ5yxdU3tKxcN4oit_Az70PLVrPnwFCyXJvXQ998vUiafnRxmqaCPqp6dcokbVGT_CxdqRJGsg,,&typo=1&ancr_add=1> >> archives: >> 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fpipermail%2ffriam_redfish.com%2f&c=E,1,S3JLTVzcAtEUGmsLjks8NiZV77Ixuh4zQ840AYLvXPQ0rq1t-bAqZt1T3F-2CCNtPf_38bmFnNio6-D5-bXj94PcrLuzxqGOfED70RiBhQ,,&typo=1&ancr_add=1> >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2ffriam_redfish.com&c=E,1,dW6_6aBk8gQPdnt_3bAOLZ4Og0jFw--eJipOiO2TVonk7_xbEmz8eh4Fxjy9sMssKuc6aa8UvWpRhar7vt8ny83WkXgrVwThrAn1XQBJkpGndfLJ&typo=1 > FRIAM-COMIC > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffriam-comic.blogspot.com%2f&c=E,1,At8bgYU-yCtIIihxTXaHZmCeDrR96oS6VzW3d78E23URoYohU50NcKoPmetkDHHdlneYKmgl3trN55GvJhXr3fmTEVHTfZeprSihimF28nYLwhw,&typo=1 > archives: > 5/2017 thru present > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fpipermail%2ffriam_redfish.com%2f&c=E,1,z07AhWqNsZzIIgmYj9xw07soiAUFGhAZMePu55UyC11Iyfcn8oLE7SPjhretDJgRqYLUIkL5u2uQCYEDCH7bIZn5IxEHI_Di_34GNwgeeOFcg0L06ahFVa8,&typo=1 > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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