đ --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 1:27 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Well, there you go, buy a https://flowbee.com/ and that's one less trip. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Frank Wimberly < > wimber...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 2, 2022 1:24 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!?? > > Hmm. In the late sixties my younger sister urged me to go to her stylist > and to request that my hair "be styled in a razor cut." To me the result > looked the same as when I went to my barber. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 1:18 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > > Nick writes: > > < Imagined a world in which we all worked at home, everything was on > zoom, and everything was delivered by Amazon by drone. I realize this is a > reductio, but hum along with me for a few bars. There would be no > intermediate social landscape between the home and the distribution > center. No intermediate human scales. > > > > I canât say immediately why this would be a bad thing, but my gut doesnât > like it.> > > > I can't think of many examples where the intermediate scales are anything > but wasteful or intrusive. Maybe to see a tailor coupled to the purchase > of certain clothes? I still drive to services (dentist, doctor, hair > stylist), just not to redistributors, because they don't really add > anything. There's still a farmer's market that seems as popular as ever > -- but they DO offer something unique. I can drive five minutes to Home > Depot but honestly half the time their inventory is exhausted for what I > want, and I end up ordering it online. > > > Marcus > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of > thompnicks...@gmail.com <thompnicks...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 2, 2022 1:03 PM > *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!?? > > > Marcus, > > > > I would like to be convinced âŚ. But > > > > Imagined a world in which we all worked at home, everything was on zoom, > and everything was delivered by Amazon by drone. I realize this is a > reductio, but hum along with me for a few bars. There would be no > intermediate social landscape between the home and the distribution > center. No intermediate human scales. > > > > I canât say immediately why this would be a bad thing, but my gut doesnât > like it. > > > > Nick > > > > Nick Thompson > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Marcus Daniels > *Sent:* Sunday, January 2, 2022 1:38 PM > *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!?? > > > > I can see living without Facebook (I do), but why can't we live with > Amazon? It seems like they did a pretty good job of displacing the likes > of Walmart. It could happen again. What added inherent value do stores > have, other than as a mechanism to prevent he consolidation of market > influence w.r.t. to prices? > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of > thompnicks...@gmail.com <thompnicks...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 2, 2022 12:03 PM > *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!?? > > > > I just listened to this podcast > > > > https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP5489734702 > > > > a conversation between the former prosecutor, Joyce Vance, and the > musician, financier, turncoat Facebook investor Roger Mcnamee, who likens > this moment with big tech to the moment before the food industry > regulations of the early 1900âs and anti-pollution legislation of the 60âs, > moments when Da People reasserted control over over-weening industry > interests. He is author of the book, *Zucked*. > > > > An hour-long pod cast is a terribly inefficient way to learn about > something, so I hope that one you, for whom none of this is news, can offer > a more condensed source. > > > > We are basically talking about the Amazon paradox, here: canât live with > it; canât live without it. How much ARE we willing to pay to have the > trains run on time? > > > > As usual, I am in need of instruction. > > > > Nick Thompson > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > 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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