Please Help. Was it a dream?
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Dear FF’s (Fellow Friammers) Since the election, I have bothered you all, individually and collectively, to consider, given the web’s role in the balkanization of our political discourse, what the web’s role might be in knitting us back together again. At some point in the last ten days, one of you sent me a link to a website that was doing something like that. I opened it, was amazed, intrigued, but could not explore it at the time. AND NOW I CAN NOT FIND IT. Does any of you remember what I am talking about? Ah to have a pink brain again. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ ============================================================ 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.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove |
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Deliberate creation of "fake news" is a new trend that may have contributed to polarization of society, especially in poor countries at the edge of the first world like Macedonia http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/macedonian-teen-claims-trump-supporters-paid-him-60k-to-produce-fake-news-during-campaign_us_584ac403e4b0bd9c3dfc51b7 On the other hand we have classic media like the NY Times or Huffington Post to distinguish between real news and fake news, so it might just be an attempt to increase censorship and to constrain freedom of speech. -Jochen -------- Original message -------- From: Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> Date: 12/10/16 05:59 (GMT+01:00) To: Friam <[hidden email]> Cc: David West <[hidden email]> Subject: [FRIAM] Please Help. Was it a dream? Dear FF’s (Fellow Friammers) Since the election, I have bothered you all, individually and collectively, to consider, given the web’s role in the balkanization of our political discourse, what the web’s role might be in knitting us back together again. At some point in the last ten days, one of you sent me a link to a website that was doing something like that. I opened it, was amazed, intrigued, but could not explore it at the time. AND NOW I CAN NOT FIND IT. Does any of you remember what I am talking about? Ah to have a pink brain again. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ ============================================================ 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.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove |
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Sorry, Nick, I can't remember. Reminds me of a joke I just saw: "Well, if smoking weed destroys your short-term memory, then what does smoking weed do?" On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:59 PM, Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Nick , Perhaps a nightmare? The intriguing aspect of what has happened worldwide, is that reaction is focused on the “Elites” An Italian Political Scientist suggested that the left and the right joined forces for the first time to stop Renzi’s referendum just as in Britain. What are we not seeing. The Dutch are laying charges of Hate Speech on Wilders. But who are they and how can they be distinguished from the real elites. Are the “Elites” the same as the shadowy “Bank-sters” Anyone able to clarify, please do. vib From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Nick Thompson Dear FF’s (Fellow Friammers) Since the election, I have bothered you all, individually and collectively, to consider, given the web’s role in the balkanization of our political discourse, what the web’s role might be in knitting us back together again. At some point in the last ten days, one of you sent me a link to a website that was doing something like that. I opened it, was amazed, intrigued, but could not explore it at the time. AND NOW I CAN NOT FIND IT. Does any of you remember what I am talking about? Ah to have a pink brain again. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ ============================================================ 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.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove |
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