I do believe there is an inverse relationship between privacy and "importance" especially if we include under the umbrella of importance being a rock star, etc. or having a million followers on social media.
davew On Wed, Oct 27, 2021, at 8:37 PM, thompnicks...@gmail.com wrote: > Frank said: > "I assume our privacy follows from our lack of importance. To others." > > And then Jon Quoted it and said: > This is the sense that I have always understood the statement: > > > > "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, > that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..." > > > > That we, those of us in the men's club, agree to act *as if it were* the case > that... > > So, Jon, and all of you other ex-perts, Is it the case, or not? I can see > that it might be the case for those of you who, unlike me, MIGHT become > massively important to others later on. But is it, or is it not, the case > for we ordinary mortals. > > > > N > > > > > > Nick Thompson > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steve Smith > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 3:48 PM > To: friam@redfish.com > Subject: [FRIAM] What can or can't (shouldn't) be said on FriAM... > > > > > > Glen sed: > > > As always, treating posts to a permanent, public forum like this as if they > > were chatty conversations seems ill-advised. I'm guilty of it, too. But ... > > tu quoque, I guess. > > > > I think I finally appreciate the key point you were making when you have said > things like this before. I somehow was reading "should" in a different > mode. "ill advised" in the context of public/permanent is what I think you > were emphasizing (which I was missing). > > > > I've left my foot in my mouth in public here and elsewhere many times for > sure, and likely often when I made this conflation (public/permanent forum vs > private/ephemeral chat). > > > > I often find reading Wikipedia Discussion pages entertaining for that. A > little like sitting at the back of the restaurant and overhearing the staff > bickering and/or snarking about customers/management/one-another. > > > > > > > > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > > 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 > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: > > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > > 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 http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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