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[URIs: gappssmtp.com] 0.5 KAM_NUMSUBJECT Subject ends in numbers -0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3 RBL: Good reputation (+3) [74.125.82.195 listed in wl.mailspike.net] 0.2 HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level mail domains are different 0.0 T_SPF_HELO_TEMPERROR SPF: test of HELO record failed (temperror) 0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.5000] 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL Mailspike good senders X-Spam-Flag: NO --Apple-Mail=_21CB5C76-60DF-4BAE-BCB4-D6EFABE7E66C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Friends #52 8 April 2018 I WANT YOU TO WRITE ME I have written 51 Essays. Nobody has resigned from Friends, but I also = suspect that few have read all 51. =20 Forget kind words=E2=80=94you are friends. What did I miss? What could I = have thought about? What more could I do? What else could I explore in = the coming year? =20 I have organized the structure below to help me read through the past = 51. For April, my goal is to read what I have written. =20 Prompted by the examples of China=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CSocial Credit = System=E2=80=9D and India=E2=80=99s Aadhaar Identity System, Singularity = (Artificial Intelligence=E2=80=94A.I.) and the separation and tension of = church and state in the US, I have come up with three top level global = communities. Top level communities are like top level domains in the = Internet world. They are: =20 Religious Community Political Community A.I. Data Community =20 The various relationships in and between the Political Community and the = Religious Community have existed certainly since the 16th century. Those = relationships are being altered by the A.I. Data Community which is at = best Agnostic, but an increasingly viable =E2=80=9Cphilosophical=E2=80=9D = intruder and disrupter. =20 There is a large subset of things I don=E2=80=99t understand: =20 Business=E2=80=94profit & capitalism Politics =E2=80=93governance & structure Faith=E2=80=94choice & obedience Structure=E2=80=94top down & bottom up Responsibility=E2=80=94selfish & selfless Outcome=E2=80=94process & goals =20 Also, there are things I don=E2=80=99t remember: =20 What I wrote over the past 51 essays. Almost all of the day to day last four years. All of the names of thousands of people who cared for me. The deficiencies that manifest themselves unexpectedly daily. =20 Things I do remember: Love and support from Angels and Archangels, otherwise known as humans. Recovery, like faith, is a day to day, step by step process. The first thing to do is start, repeat, and repeat again etc. =20 Today=E2=80=99s Essay is #52. I am rather glad I missed a week at a = trade show. I am quite sure I could not compete with Easter with #52 as = my last. =20 Change used to occur over several or many generations. Now we see = multiple changes within one generation. Over the past 4 years, I changed = as well. =20 My original goal one year ago was to explore my brain as part of the = process of recovering from a too near-death experience resulting from a = Traumatic Brain Injury. I have lots of pictures from MRI=E2=80=99s and = CT-scans; and they do show damage. The brain is said to be able to = re-wire itself. That is the good news and the bad news. In the re-wiring = process things move. Going in, the neurosurgeons are not completely sure = what is where, but after brain surgery they seem sure that the what = isn=E2=80=99t where it should be. =20 My response to =E2=80=9CYou have a hole in your head!=E2=80=9D is 4. =20 Back in my days of consolidating responses to open ended questions on = the race riots in the late 1960=E2=80=99s, the first part of the project = was to sample enough of the raw data of say 200 of the 1500 interviews = to get a feel for the range of topics, and responses. =20 That is what I have been doing for the past 51 weeks. The next step is = trying to create a structure for unstructured responses. That is what I = am doing now. Some pollsters used all multiple choice, but the firm I = worked for always included open ended questions. It is very tough to = write neutral open ended questions. The ones I wrote always came back = slashed and hashed before they went into the questionnaire. It is in the = open ended questions that the street smarts of experience are found. =20 The challenge is to balance street smarts with learning. Learning means = learning from other people, either directly, or through a medium such as = the written word. The means of delivery is not usually relevant, but I = like the written word=E2=80=94on paper. =20 One of the deficiencies that I have had to deal with following the TBI = is that my reading speed has dropped precipitously, my comprehension is = reduced, and I cannot decipher double negatives. (Feel sorry not, I am = back into the range of high normal, and I read things multiple times if = needed.) =20 On the economist=E2=80=99s other hand, following the instruction that I = could =E2=80=9Cdrink or think, but not both=E2=80=9D I picked up an = additional 3 hours a day. =20 I find that I have to read deeply and widely, occasionally for time = limitations and validation several book reviews, but that it pays to = follow opportunistic paths. The woods are usually the same, it is how = much there is to see on the way from one side to the other. The = questions are always the same, are you dealing with the same or the = other, where does the author fit relative to other writers on the same = or similar subject (peer group); and does what the author says make = enough sense to use it probationally while awaiting subsequent = confirmation. The only absolute rule is to avoid silo=E2=80=99s=E2=80=94wh= at you don=E2=80=99t see can kill you. =20 This email is all about crowd sourcing my friends. I have remarkable = friends. I am fortunate to be a product of my friends. Some of you have = kindly corrected me over the past year. =20 This is an open invitation to crowd source how and where I go from here. =20 The following is a link that I intend to follow when I come back. I am a = 4 year old baby in recovery mode, and I am on record as saying that I do = not think Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is capable of emotion or = wisdom; but I may have to add the word, yet, someday. =20 = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/03/how-babies-learn-and-why-robo= ts-cant-compete = =20 In my family, the response to =E2=80=9CDo you love me?=E2=80=9D was = =E2=80=9COf course=E2=80=9D, but I do not recall it being volunteered. = The citation above, and the underlying book being previewed can be = classified as encouraging =E2=80=9CActive Listening=E2=80=9D as part of = parenting. My parenting track record is spotty. =20 When my wife and I went to rugby parties, our infant son was propped up = in a Navajo cradle board by a chair or under a table where he happily = slept. Later on, his sister refused to be strapped into the cradle = board, but the two of them did learn to play under the table, free of = feet. =20 Before my own children, my one interaction with children was to take two = children of a female friend as guests on a houseboat going down the = Hudson River to a boat yard over towards Staten Island. The pilot was a = rugby friend, who may have earlier in his career brought home a =E2=80=9Ct= ray for me mum=E2=80=9D from Bermuda. He was a little casual about maps, = having none, but the directions were easy, =E2=80=9CTurn right at the = Statute of Liberty=E2=80=9D. =20 All went well until we lost one of the two outboard engines. These were = the days well before cell phones, but we did keep on going, just more = slowly. I did find some life jackets for the kids. Since it took longer = than planned, the tide turned against us. Fortunately, a commercial = fishing boat came by, and threw us a line. It quickly broke with a = sizzling snap, flying over the cabin. Having started the tow, they came = along side, more in sympathy for the kids than for the dummies in = charge. With the remaining piece of rope, they refastened us, and pulled = us more slowly into their marina. =20 We were two hours late for the fishermen to get into port, and several = hours late with the kids. We called, blaming the tide, leaving out many = of the details. When my rugby friend returned to the marina the = following weekend, the house boat was sitting on the bottom of the slip, = and so was my female friendship. I have always wondered if the kids = remembered enough of the trip to tell their mother. =20 In Friendship= --Apple-Mail=_21CB5C76-60DF-4BAE-BCB4-D6EFABE7E66C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Friends #52 8 April 2018

 I WANT YOU TO WRITE ME

 I have written 51 Essays. Nobody has resigned from Friends, but I also suspect that few = have read all 51.

 

Forget kind words=E2=80=94you are friends. What did I miss? What could I have = thought about? What more could I do? What else could I explore in the coming year?

 

I have = organized the structure below to help me read through the past 51. For April, my = goal is to read what I have written.

 

Prompted by = the examples of China=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CSocial Credit System=E2=80=9D and = India=E2=80=99s Aadhaar Identity System, Singularity (Artificial Intelligence=E2=80=94A.I.) and the separation = and tension of church and state in the US, I have come up with three top level global = communities. Top level communities are like top level domains in the Internet world. = They are:

 

Religious Community

Political Community

A.I. Data Community

 

The various relationships in and between the Political Community and the Religious = Community have existed certainly since the 16th century. = Those relationships are being altered by the A.I. Data Community which is at best Agnostic, = but an increasingly viable =E2=80=9Cphilosophical=E2=80=9D intruder and = disrupter.

 

 There = is a large subset of things I don=E2=80=99t understand:

 

Business=E2=80=94profit & capitalism

Politics =E2=80=93governance & structure

Faith=E2=80=94choice & obedience

Structure=E2=80= =94top down & bottom up

Responsibility=E2=80=94selfish & selfless

Outcome=E2=80=94process & goals

 

Also, there = are things I don=E2=80=99t remember:

 

What I wrote = over the past 51 essays.

Almost all of the day to day last four years.

All of the names of thousands of people who cared for me.

The = deficiencies that manifest themselves unexpectedly daily.

 

Things I do remember:

Love and = support from Angels and Archangels, otherwise known as humans.

Recovery, = like faith, is a day to day, step by step process.

The first = thing to do is start, repeat, and repeat again etc.

 

Today=E2=80=99s= Essay is #52. I am rather glad I missed a week at a trade show. I am quite sure I = could not compete with Easter with #52 as my last.

 

Change used = to occur over several or many generations. Now we see multiple changes = within one generation. Over the past 4 years, I changed as well.

 

My original = goal one year ago was to explore my brain as part of the process of recovering = from a too near-death experience resulting from a Traumatic Brain Injury. I = have lots of pictures from MRI=E2=80=99s and CT-scans; and they do show damage. = The brain is said to be able to re-wire itself. That is the good news and the bad news. In = the re-wiring process things move. Going in, the neurosurgeons are not = completely sure what is where, but after brain surgery they seem sure that the what = isn=E2=80=99t where it should be.

 

My response = to =E2=80=9CYou have a hole in your head!=E2=80=9D is 4.

 

Back in my = days of consolidating responses to open ended questions on the race riots in the = late 1960=E2=80=99s, the first part of the project was to sample enough of the raw data of = say 200 of the 1500 interviews to get a feel for the range of topics, and = responses.

 

That is what = I have been doing for the past 51 weeks. The next step is trying to create = a structure for unstructured responses. That is what I am doing now. Some pollsters used all multiple choice, but the firm I worked for always = included open ended questions. It is very tough to write neutral open ended questions. = The ones I wrote always came back slashed and hashed before they went into = the questionnaire. It is in the open ended questions that the street smarts = of experience are found.

 

The challenge = is to balance street smarts with learning. Learning means learning from = other people, either directly, or through a medium such as the written word. = The means of delivery is not usually relevant, but I like the written = word=E2=80=94on paper.

 

One of the deficiencies that I have had to deal with following the TBI is that my = reading speed has dropped precipitously, my comprehension is reduced, and I = cannot decipher double negatives. (Feel sorry not, I am back into the range of = high normal, and I read things multiple times if needed.)

 

On the = economist=E2=80=99s other hand, following the instruction that I could =E2=80=9Cdrink or = think, but not both=E2=80=9D I picked up an additional 3 hours a day.

 

I find that I = have to read deeply and widely, occasionally for time limitations and = validation several book reviews, but that it pays to follow opportunistic paths. = The woods are usually the same, it is how much there is to see on the way from one = side to the other. The questions are always the same, are you dealing with = the same or the other, where does the author fit relative to other writers on the = same or similar subject (peer group); and does what the author says make = enough sense to use it probationally while awaiting subsequent confirmation. = The only absolute rule is to avoid silo=E2=80=99s=E2=80=94what you don=E2=80=99t = see can kill you.

 

This email is = all about crowd sourcing my friends. I have remarkable friends. I am = fortunate to be a product of my friends. Some of you have kindly corrected me over = the past year.

 

This is an = open invitation to crowd source how and where I go from here.

 

The following = is a link that I intend to follow when I come back. I am a 4 year old baby in recovery mode, and I am on record as saying that I do not think = Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is capable of emotion or wisdom; but I may have to = add the word, yet, someday.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/03/how-babies-learn-a= nd-why-robots-cant-compete

 

In my family, = the response to =E2=80=9CDo you love me?=E2=80=9D was =E2=80=9COf course=E2=80= =9D, but I do not recall it being volunteered. The citation above, and the underlying book being previewed = can be classified as encouraging =E2=80=9CActive Listening=E2=80=9D as part of = parenting. My parenting track record is spotty.

 

When my wife = and I went to rugby parties, our infant son was propped up in a Navajo cradle = board by a chair or under a table where he happily slept. Later on, his sister refused to be strapped into the cradle board, but the two of them did = learn to play under the table, free of feet.

 

Before my own children, my one interaction with children was to take two children of a = female friend as guests on a houseboat going down the Hudson River to a boat = yard over towards Staten Island. The pilot was a rugby friend, who may have = earlier in his career brought home a =E2=80=9Ctray for me mum=E2=80=9D from = Bermuda. He was a little casual about maps, having none, but the directions were easy, =E2=80=9CTur= n right at the Statute of Liberty=E2=80=9D.

 

All went well until we lost one of the two outboard engines. These were the days well = before cell phones, but we did keep on going, just more slowly. I did find some = life jackets for the kids. Since it took longer than planned, the tide turned against us. Fortunately, a commercial fishing boat came by, and threw us = a line. It quickly broke with a sizzling snap, flying over the cabin. = Having started the tow, they came along side, more in sympathy for the kids = than for the dummies in charge. With the remaining piece of rope, they refastened = us, and pulled us more slowly into their marina.

 

We were two = hours late for the fishermen to get into port, and several hours late with the = kids. We called, blaming the tide, leaving out many of the details. When my = rugby friend returned to the marina the following weekend, the house boat was sitting = on the bottom of the slip, and so was my female friendship. I have always = wondered if the kids remembered enough of the trip to tell their mother.

 

In = Friendship

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