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I appreciate the thought that went into your response. Also, I like your list of concerns and public priorities. Go run for office so that I can vote for you.

by RhysU 5y ago

I appreciate the thought that went into your response. Also, I like your list of concerns and public priorities. Go run for office so that I can vote for you. > And, yes, people with expertise need to be making decisions, not politicians or ignorant voters. I agree with the sentiment but there's no universal definition of ignorant voter in the political sphere. There's only, subjectively, useful to someone or not useful to someone.

robomartin 5y ago
Politics... Many decades ago I actually worked with Frank Zappa for a few months on one of his projects. Long story. We had dinner together almost every night, just a few of us, sometimes just he and I. Frank was very active politically. One night, as we were discussing various ideas, he said something like: "Martin, the reason people like you and I don't go into politics is that you have to be a member of a very specific human subspecies to be able to survive the brutality you will encounter. Most intelligent people don't want to touch politics because they know it is a meat grinder. The sad part is we end-up with people who know nothing about anything and would likely be ambulance chasers or criminals if they had not figure out how to scam their way into politics. We are hopeless." The epic climax of this reality was when, out of all the amazing people in the US, we ended-up with Trump and Clinton as the only two choices we could make. I can't see how anyone could argue either of those clowns is an example of the best the US can offer. I still agree with Zappa. I can't imagine ever getting into politics. Particularly these days. I have zero interest in having my life and my family's life violently ripped to shreds by the unscrupulous actors who permeate that world and protect their turf at all costs. One day we might just come up with a way to govern ourselves without these mutants, until then, it's the best we got.

by RhysU 5y ago

robomartin 5y ago

Politics... Many decades ago I actually worked with Frank Zappa for a few months on one of his projects. Long story. We had dinner together almost every night, just a few of us, sometimes just he and I. Frank was very active politically. One night, as we were discussing various ideas, he said something like: "Martin, the reason people like you and I don't go into politics is that you have to be a member of a very specific human subspecies to be able to survive the brutality you will encounter. Most intelligent people don't want to touch politics because they know it is a meat grinder. The sad part is we end-up with people who know nothing about anything and would likely be ambulance chasers or criminals if they had not figure out how to scam their way into politics. We are hopeless." The epic climax of this reality was when, out of all the amazing people in the US, we ended-up with Trump and Clinton as the only two choices we could make. I can't see how anyone could argue either of those clowns is an example of the best the US can offer. I still agree with Zappa. I can't imagine ever getting into politics. Particularly these days. I have zero interest in having my life and my family's life violently ripped to shreds by the unscrupulous actors who permeate that world and protect their turf at all costs. One day we might just come up with a way to govern ourselves without these mutants, until then, it's the best we got.