Re: [FRIAM] Want to leave the U.S.?

2024-11-11 Thread Prof David West
I would recommend Portugal, Spain, and Ital— in that order. The last two, you can buy a villa for a Euro. (of course tens of thousands in repairs and upgrades, but still a lot cheaper than any place in the U.S. I am not leaving, BTW. davew On Sun, Nov 10, 2024, at 10:21 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote

Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die

2024-11-11 Thread Santafe
Thank you Glen. Eric > On Nov 11, 2024, at 10:53, glen wrote: > > I have not. But Claude has. 8^D Below are first, Claude's summary of > summaries. What follows are Claude's summaries of Parts I, II, & III, which > were part of the prompt for the summary of summaries. Temperature = 0. I had

Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread glen
Right. And Dave agrees that the overwhelming majority of her content is good ... great, even. But take a look at the measures: views, likes, etc. And take a look at the frequency with which the clickbait (thumbnails and titles) changes over time. Steve's slow distancing matches my own, not real

[FRIAM] complex self (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread glen
I agree completely with the assertion that there *can be* a complex self. But I maintain there exists something like an allostatic load on the individual, some cumulative damage from chronic exposure to information overload. If we continue following a personalized medicine kindof guide, it's re

Re: [FRIAM] complex self (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread Marcus Daniels
Talking about what's best for the group means identifying the group. The selfish will look at their bank account, the parochial will look at their neighborhood or their church, and the globalists won't consent to any boundary. In my neighborhood, the folks on the corner of Solano and San Pa

Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread Frank Wimberly
I believe a space can be all of those. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Nov 11, 2024, 9:15 AM steve smith wrote: > > glen wrote: > > ... > > > The complaint against Sabine and many in the wacko pipeline is that > > their wacko cont

Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die

2024-11-11 Thread glen
I have not. But Claude has. 8^D Below are first, Claude's summary of summaries. What follows are Claude's summaries of Parts I, II, & III, which were part of the prompt for the summary of summaries. Temperature = 0. I had to do it in parts because the entire book was longer than Claude's contex

Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die

2024-11-11 Thread steve smith
EricS wrote: So my question to the list is: has any of you read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Imperialism-Origin-Fundamentals-Dominance/dp/0745319890 so: glen wrote: ... then Claude wrote: In Part III, Hudson argues that the U.S. has used its debtor position as leverage since t

Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread steve smith
glen wrote: ... The complaint against Sabine and many in the wacko pipeline is that their wacko content gets more views. And more views means more money. Her boring videos don't get as much traffic as her wacko videos. So she's incentivized toward the wacko. She's not defying any rules. Sh

Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread Marcus Daniels
The video about how she failed at being an academic I think is informative. It isn’t a technical video – she has those too –one is not universal, but also not a implausible story about the experience about how it is to raise money to support research. A grad student might watch that and say to

Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die

2024-11-11 Thread Marcus Daniels
Isolationism seems to be what many voters want. When they go to the gas pump or to Costco, will they like the consequences of lost U.S. hegemony? Mean salaries in the U.S. are dramatically higher than in other countries, except for Switzerland. From: Friam on behalf of glen Date: Monday, No

Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die)

2024-11-11 Thread Marcus Daniels
Maybe so. JD Vance pivoted to what his people wanted to hear. From: Friam on behalf of glen Date: Monday, November 11, 2024 at 9:39 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] hyperbole (was Re: How democracies die) Right. And Dave agrees that the overwhelming majority of her content is g