Re: The solution to Trump-Biden polarization may be easier (and cheaper) than we think

Posted by Frank Wimberly-2 on Nov 07, 2020; 8:35pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/The-solution-to-Trump-Biden-polarization-may-be-easier-and-cheaper-than-we-think-tp7599415p7599424.html

I wonder if there would be dancing in the streets if Trump had won.  Why or why not?  Because the cities have more Biden voters?  Because there are not enough people in the smaller towns and cities?

Frank

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 1:19 PM uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ <[hidden email]> wrote:

Yes! But I'd argue that an endogenous, dynamic (never mind buzzwords like "emergent") control system *is* related to the diversity in the repertoire of the components. I can imagine if all components have a huge, high diversity repertoire, then stable (endogenous and dynamic) control systems may *never* obtain. And if all components have only 1 behavior in their repertoire, then the same perfect order will always obtain. But rather than a flat, zero friction, edge of chaos sort of thing, there's some distribution of repertoire sizes and diversities that results in a large space of possible control systems ... and a weird landscape when trying to move from one control to another in that space.

I.e. how do those of us with large appetites successfully organize with those of us with small appetites? And, importantly, how do we *know* what our own (and others') appetite(s) looks like?

On 11/7/20 11:37 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> 3) A distributed, emergent control system is beside the point and it has nothing to do with spatial distribution or sparsity.   The limitation is in the ability or opportunity of agents to ingest information and to develop a unique value system and set of goals.    If this appetite is missing, then things like QAnon and Trump pop up to fill the hole, exploiting a capable communication network to reach a large audience that is prone to being led by a confident liar.

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