Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-12 Thread Merle Lefkoff
at > > requires them to vigorously support democrats in the current cycle. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > >

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-11 Thread Frank Wimberly
I believe Google sold Boston Dynamics to SoftBank Group of Japan. Raibert appears to be the Chairman still. --- Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 12:24 AM Prof David West wrote: > There was a Sixty Minutes episode a few years back re: wh

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Prof David West
There was a Sixty Minutes episode a few years back re: who owned the largest automated army on the planet? It was all about Boston Dynamics robots. But the punch line was that Google owns them, and hence the Army. Depending on whether or not employees or executives control Google politics, it

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Prof David West
support democrats in the current cycle. >> > >> > Nick >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Nicholas Thompson >> > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology >> > Clark University >> > thompnicks...@gmail.

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
p' Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in Can it beg, sit, and lie down? My god! It could walk itself n Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com<mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> https://wordpress.clarku.ed

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread thompnickson2
s.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels Sent: Monday, February 10, 2020 12:36 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in I think it must be destiny.Small flamethrowers, maybe. From: Friam mailt

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
I think it must be destiny.Small flamethrowers, maybe. From: Friam on behalf of Frank Wimberly Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Date: Monday, February 10, 2020 at 11:32 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Frank Wimberly
Marc Raibert founded Boston Dynamics after he and I published a paper "Tabular Control of Balance in a Dynamic Legged System" in IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. I am not suggesting a causal link. --- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://www.amazon.com/author/fran

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
Just think of the possibilities. https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot  FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.c

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Merle Lefkoff
-trump senate and president, even though, they concede, that > > requires them to vigorously support democrats in the current cycle. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Prof David West
n the current cycle. > > Nick > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > thompnicks...@gmail.com > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message- > From: Friam On

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread thompnickson2
logy Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of u?l? ? Sent: Monday, February 10, 2020 9:04 AM To: FriAM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in You've hidden the most important part of your

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
ent: Monday, February 10, 2020 9:04 AM To: FriAM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in You've hidden the most important part of your question at the very bottom: "in the next year". As always, the system contains feedback loops. And each loop has its own speed. There are lots o

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-10 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
You've hidden the most important part of your question at the very bottom: "in the next year". As always, the system contains feedback loops. And each loop has its own speed. There are lots of things you can do in the next year that won't show any impact *within* the year, but may show impact be

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-09 Thread Prof David West
an a hot one. > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > thompnicks...@gmail.com > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* Friam *On Behalf Of *Prof David West > *Sent:* S

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-09 Thread thompnickson2
;mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> thompnicks...@gmail.com <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2020 4:03 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

Re: [FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-09 Thread Prof David West
Nick, May I make a simple suggestion? Chill. I recall the conversations at FRIAM the months after mr. T was elected — Apocalypse NOW! is a pretty accurate depiction. (And the same list of "safe havens was presented then.) There is no conceivable path whereby the donald could become a dictator

[FRIAM] Up and Out vs Down and in

2020-02-08 Thread thompnickson2
All, I have a friend who reads a lot of history and thinks HARD about what he reads. For months he has been reassuring me about the state of American democracy because, as he said, Trump wasn't a well focused dictator like Hitler. But I saw him last Monday and he asked me, with an air of gen