Glen,
I am afraid I have not been following this closely enough to know the white hats from the black hats. I think one of the dimensions of disagreement here is on the possibility of social planning. If one thinks that the subject matters studied by sociologists and economists are essentially chaotic, then social planning is either foolish or manipulative … like bishops telling parishioners to defer gratification so they, the bishops, can live opulent lives in the Bishop’s Palace. As a consequence of running such a scam, the Vatican runs half of Rome, right? That new society sounds like a reforming and a planning lot. That’s as far as my thinking has gotten on this. As you see, it’s not very far.
My grandchildren are visiting, and between dealing with them, and naps and long nights of dead sleep to recuperate, I don’t have much time to mull over emails these days. Feel free to ignore me.
All the best,
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of gepr
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 10:17 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution
On Jun 29, 2015 7:08 PM, "Nick Thompson" <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> So, Glen. Are you fur it or agin it?
I don't see any reason to be against it. Why? Are you against it?
> https://evolution-institute.org/project/society-for-the-study-of-cultural-evolution/
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> > A New Society for the Study of Cultural Evolution
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