One consequence of the present situation that will have long term consequences
is even though the amount of research funding in CS is high, universities are
having trouble attracting high quality graduate students, the next generation
of educators. Although this situation has little to do with t
Cross-pollinating threads, as a >50 year old somewhat technical person, I and
my clique have trouble getting and keeping these "tech jobs" because they are
too focused on short-term objectives and tightly pigeon-holed skill sets. I
can almost universally get many of these jobs (or at least land
Reacting to Glen's comments: of that million tech jobs, how many are really
necessary. Speaking only within the context of software development, I am
certain that 70-90 percent of existing jobs and unfilled jobs could be
eliminated.
We have known since the seventies that some individuals are 10
"Persuasive" is a term the reviewer used, Adams restricts his analysis
to "communication." The two terms are worlds apart. I would claim that
no one in politics is persuasive, and given the polarity that exists in
political discourse, it is impossible for anyone to be persuasive.
davew
On Thu, Ja
Glen writes:
< I interviewed one of his mentors there and, although the model *seems* good,
they're similarly plagued with the grant-writing burden Eric(S) and Pamela
mention. The same seems similar at a company, here called Galois. >
That's my impression of Galois as well, that they do a lot
The kind of communication that Trump uses should just be illegal
(Volksverhetzung).
From: Friam on behalf of Prof David West
Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Date: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 7:56 AM
To: "friam@redfish.com"
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Motives - Was Abduc
Geez, Dave. I might have put it the other way. People are persuasive as hell;
they just aren’t communicating.
But I haven’t been following the thread.
Get back here! It’s Friday and we need you.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark
David writes:
< Reacting to Glen's comments: of that million tech jobs, how many are really
necessary. Speaking only within the context of software development, I am
certain that 70-90 percent of existing jobs and unfilled jobs could be
eliminated. >
< We have known since the seventies that so
Apologies for not snipping more of the below. I try to only include the
relevant bits. But Steve is particularly good at tight weaves.
I'll (inappropriately, I'm sure) name Dave's conception of individualism as
"networked extensive individualism" (NEI). Networked to address what I infer
from
Nick writes:
< Geez, Dave. I might have put it the other way. People are persuasive as
hell; they just aren’t communicating. >
There’s nothing left to talk about. Progressive states and municipalities
just need to insulate themselves as much as possible from the rest, and
encourage moveme
Nick,
The definition of persuade begins with "cause (someone) ..." which
implies some degree or 'change' e.g. from a current mindset/belief to a
modification of same. Within "groups" you might find persuasion, but
across "groups" there is none;, "confirmation bias" and all that.
davew
On Fri, J
I think larger companies have more of a structure for more experienced
hands on technical folks — they are called Individual Contributors or ICs.
Sometimes they are also called “Fellows” or “Distinguished Engineers”.
Usually these roles are allotted freedom to contribution based on how they
see val
Marcus -
My own experience at LANL for 27 years (leaving 11 years ago yesterday)
is roughly similar to your own. Having been in the hardscrabble world
of startup/product-development/consulting for the remaining time, there
are things about being "institutionalized" that I miss, but much of w
^^^
For what it's worth anecdotly some amount of a lot of jobs get posted for
legal reasons. Acme Co has someone reffered to them, or they are just
moving people around. Either way, they know who they want.
Also their is some amount of chicken and egg: Applying to do Project Lead
or C++ FrameWork o
I thought about what you said some Steve. My experience so far. Is that
sometime after I consously started to go for a more balanced diet (for
example) a ton of other things started to get improve a little: not as
moody (that I can tell) and simillar to yours so far just better focus.
It's amazing
Steve writes:
< She is very suspicious of industry since it
is almost exclusively big-Pharma and is (as a researcher directly, and
by extension in her loyalty to the fundamental research she is involved
in) the victim of *their* voracious nature. As a new parent and
primary
Glen -
As a compulsive intuitive modeler of "everything" as a network/field
dual, all this resonates well. I also like your characterization as
"gooey colloid" and was reminded of JJ Thompson's Plum-Pudding model of
atoms.
I also like your action/consideration dual to rights/responsibilitie
David -
Steven,
Is is a pleasure to do discourse with you.
The pleasure is mutual.
Minor clarification: When I mention "sentient life" I do indeed
include all life. In fact, given that I take as a working assumption
the Vedic (and then Buddhist) notion that the entire universe, all the
way
Heh. When I was tasked with explaining agent-based modeling to some art
students in Sweden, I made heavy use of the gooey colloid metaphor. There were
a lot of blank stares in the audience. 8^) But the guy who hired me was happy
with the presentation. So, who knows?
I think I agree with Marc
Anyway, if my speculation is close, then Trump doesn't intend or WANT to
communicate or persuade, only to perform.
This is consistent with his saying *everything* three times. He turns a 15
minute performance into a 45 minute one.
---
Frank Wimberly
My memoir:
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Something along these lines, with the help of higher density of Trump voters in
states favored with electoral density. And Trump himself is somewhere towards
the right side of the red distribution. Thus he a good communicator because
the messages that need to be conveyed to this audience have
I think that conflates the communicat-or with the communication medium. My
question to Dave about the need for "individual" in his version of
individualism was intended to sideload this point. To what extent is a person
simply a *vehicle* for innovations to bubble up through? We spend all thi
Marcus -
In fact, I don't even want my tax revenue to go to parts of the country that I
see as having regressive tendencies.The greater good isn't for the greater
good. For me, I am fine to mainly supporting the people around me who do good
work. I don’t see that as tribal, just the fa
Glen writes:
To what extent is a person simply a *vehicle* for innovations to bubble up
through?
Steve writes:
< It is interesting to see similar if not identical awareness coming from the
likes of you. I'm not sure what an Ark implies for you. >
The Ark I imagine is a minimal platform to ensur
Glen -
Anyway, if my speculation is close, then Trump doesn't intend or WANT to
communicate or persuade, only to perform.
I do believe that this describes his intentions (as best I can tell from
outside and far away). I think he believes that he *is* persuasive
just by his presence/nature an
Jon,
I wrote this immediately but forgot to send it.
I have to say, the idea of a squandered metaphor really grabbed me. I may have
squandered some metaphors, in my own time. A metaphor is definitely something
that can be used prematurely or other than for its highest and best use.
>We spend all this faith-based energy believing that individuals
> have thoughts and intentions, when perhaps we're merely *tools*.
Cf. Fort's maxim, "A social growth cannot find out the use of steam
engines, until comes steam-engine-time."
===
Nick writes, in relevant part:
> I am not sure what monads and monism have to do with each other, other
> than that they share a linguistic root. Honest. I have trouble seeing
> the connection.
...
> I don't have much of a grip on MonADism. As I understand monads, they
> are irreduceable "atoms
Thanks, Lee, for "conceit". If it means what it says it means to anybody
but you, I may have to reconsider my decade long use of term, metaphor.
Do I find myself in a rats' nest of category theorists? I had always
thought that category was a rather outré field, that mathematicians were a
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