Re: [FRIAM] wtf is going on with these socalled cyber attacks? and can someone explain like im 3 wtf happened to archive.org?

The Internet Archive is under siege by hackers - and fighting back - The Washington Post From: Friam On Behalf Of Gillian Densmore Sent: Friday, October 18, 2024 8:07 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity

Re: [FRIAM] 2024 Rusty Razor award

On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 2:54 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > I've never used archive.org > What, never used archive.org? How else would you track the time evolution of the entropy liberation front! ;-) https://web.archive.org/web/19961103221846/http://www.elf.org/ Or CMU's homepage in 1997? http

Re: [FRIAM] On Evolutionary Atavism

Wonderful essay.Hannah Arendt wrote in the 1951 preface to her book "The Origins of Totalitarianism": "It is as though mankind had divided itself between those who believe in human omnipotence (who think that everything is possible if one knows how to organize masses for it) and those for whom

Re: [FRIAM] 2024 Rusty Razor award

so let me see if I got this right: I can ask what happened to archive.org to get data stolen, but that goes ignored, but nick can keep some random--I don't know thing going? and people keep that in some weird pseudo-philosophical thing. don't get me wrong sounds...intense, but I don't know or get

Re: [FRIAM] On Evolutionary Atavism

I agree that the hype in conservative news sources about great CEOs is an example of the Great Man theory. The hype about AI godfathers is an example too. Nevertheless I still believe that authoritarian organization is the rule in social systems. In almost all companies and corporations the CEO

Re: [FRIAM] On Evolutionary Atavism

My video watching has just started season 3 of His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman's epic fantasy, which has a lot to say about Authority, its excesses, and the necessity to overthrow it. Then there was this essay, https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/why-individualism-fails-to-create

Re: [FRIAM] On Evolutionary Atavism

Good Lord. Not fully convincing. Not nearly, I do like the way in which authority and the adoption of absurd beliefs work together. And why trying to change somebody' allegiance to a charismer might be strengthened by going after shared absurd beliefs. Nick On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 5:32 AM Joc

Re: [FRIAM] 2024 Rusty Razor award

I was at CMU in 1997. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 8:30 PM Stephen Guerin wrote: > On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 2:54 PM Frank Wimberly > wrote: > >> I've never used archive.org >> > > What, never used archive.org? How