Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread steve smith
glen wrote: Yeah, there is a distinction between structures that obtain from anastomosis (that are now in/near some steady state) and anastomosing/anastomizing, the process by which the structures are formed. Maybe one could say that Jon's observation is about post-anastomizing anastomotic co

Re: [FRIAM] What if Trump Wins?

2024-11-01 Thread Pieter Steenekamp
Steve, I’d like to address your question: "*Do you identify as a South African (Dutch descent vs. English) with BRICS, or is it a fiction that you and/or South Africa don't buy into? A significant correlation (IMO) among BRICS+ nations is strong authoritarianism or at least democratic backsliding.

Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread steve smith
On 11/1/24 11:16 AM, glen wrote: I suppressed a reaction to "wuwei for code" in relation to anastomosis before ... because believe it or not, I try not to be too negative. 8^D But anastomosis is antithetical to wu wei. Anastomotic structures are a result of violent forcing, a very slow explosi

Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread glen
Yeah, there is a distinction between structures that obtain from anastomosis (that are now in/near some steady state) and anastomosing/anastomizing, the process by which the structures are formed. Maybe one could say that Jon's observation is about post-anastomizing anastomotic code as opposed

Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread glen
I suggest you are the most qualified to answer your own question. You might start with the Wolfram Physics pages. E.g. https://www.wolframphysics.org/technical-introduction/basic-form-of-models/the-representation-of-rules/index.html On 10/31/24 11:29, Frank Wimberly wrote: Some of you know tha

Re: [FRIAM] What if Trump Wins?

2024-11-01 Thread steve smith
Pieter - It is very useful to me to have the geopolitical parallax you offer.  If in fact many folks outside the USA see Trump as an effective negotiator, up to and including "bullying as negotiation by other means" then this is significant and interesting to me. As I've referenced a few ti

Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread steve smith
I love it when Glen (or anyone) introduces new terms which offer nuanced alternatives to the more simple/obvious/direct/blunt terms.  i.e. Anastamosis vs Resectioning/Bypassing/Self-Healing/Network-Refactoring/Adaptivity? I think this is the ideation behind my questions about the emergent BRI

Re: [FRIAM] 6 to 1, 12/2 to the other

2024-11-01 Thread Santafe
I have to say, that qualifies as art. > On Oct 30, 2024, at 8:21 PM, Stephen Guerin > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM glen wrote: > The idealists will never stop idealizing and then reifying their ideal. To > Engineer is Human. But those of us who know (or merely confidently belie