[Rhodes22-list] Chaos

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

I'll put it in the queue.  It sounds a bit like "The Blind Watchmaker" by
Dawkins which was about evolution and randomness.

The internet is a wonderful development in the growth of the human species,
but it is mostly a shift in speed.  I can sit here in China and share
thoughts with you after dinner while you're finishing breakfast, versus a
telegram, or a letter, or a personal messenger via boat.  If we don't listen
or respect the others opinion, the medium really doesn't matter, nor does
the speed in the long run. A long time ago when I first started traveling
around the world (and I don't do that much anymore or miss it) I realized
just how accurate Maslow was in his theory. Most people just want to eat,
stay warm, and get laid every once in a while. Having just come back from a
huge grocery store in China, we can solve hunger in our country by telling
all the little slant eyed kids, "finish your plate, there are kids in the US
going hungry!"

It's late here and I'm going to bed, you're at bat!  The sun will rise here
soon enough and I'll take over again.

Brad

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Brad,
>
> It is really remarkable that we can have an open conversation like this
> all over the world virtually simultaneously at no cost.
>
> (Thank you big government and DARPA -- some of this shit works!)
>
> Have you read Chaos by James Gleick?  I am totally absorbed by it, and
> it is changing my life (as my best friend who has been trying to get me
> to read it for the past 20 years told me it would.)
>
> The name is good for selling books, but bad for describing the concept.
>
> It is all I've been thinking about lately--the election is just a
> side-show.
>
> Bill
>
>
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