<div dir="ltr">E F Spero ---- I looked at your Station1 project, and even considered filling out the volunteering form but decided it was too difficult. <br><br> I was listening to a long time African american doctor today on the radio last night, who said half his time now is spent filing out forms, so he doesn't really have much time to deal with his patients. Says he spends 20 minutes filling out forms, or has to hire staff to do that, and spends 10 minutes with his patients---many of whom have health issues which are likely mostly 'preventible' conditions --diabetes, heart disease, addictions, injuries from violence, etc.<br> (Many of these are associated with 'inner city culture''---perhaps churches, basketball courts, and liquor stores (which also sell junk food, lotto tickets and cigarettes ) are the major insitutions of this culture--along with hospital ICU and EMS teams , and police. ) I think only insitutions open in daytime are essential services--- no parks, rec centers, or basketball courts--just hospitals (though these operate 24 hours a day) and liquor stores (7am to midnite).<br><br>. <br> I have come across several of these online educational projects or 'universities' recently (and some other ones which have been around for years--I can't remember all the names , but Singularity Institute which is affiliated with Ray Kurzweil is one, and I thik there is another one with some MIT affilication. There is one run partly by people in my neighborhood, but you may never see these people on the street. You can meet them online via a zoom 'participatory conference' including on things like 'systems thinking'. <br> <br>All of them want volunteers , ask for what for me seems to be a rather buerocratic application or volunteering process, ask for donations, claim to be 'inclusive' and even directed at 'neglected' communities --the people I know in 'neglected' communities wouldn't even know how to use these materials---they watch TV or play games on their smart phones (which they do know how to use). <br> <br> Also, 'business' is not my thing, although I know it seems to be neccesary. <br><br> The March 27 Science Magazine (AAAS) has a fairly long article on economic history by Nathan Nunn of Harvard on economic history. <br><br>(I know a bit more about philosophy and history of science , and some science --- <a href="http://www.santafe.edu">www.santafe.edu</a> or <a href="https://www.santafe.edu">https://www.santafe.edu</a> is a sort of 'aggregator' that will lead you into many if not all of the regions of that field. Science is factionalized so every group including SFI leaves out quite a bit of related material. <br> I actually was at MIT a couple years ago for the graduation of a relative and one of her friends was thinking of going to SFI for an internship---she said she basically didn't know anything about complex systems. She was some sort of lab or field biologist. <br> I also sort of asked these MIT students if they had ever heard of Noam Chomsky or knew about the 'palestinian/israeli ' conflict ---which was discussed i their student newspaper tthat they hadn't read (MIT had a conference there last year on something like 'scientists4 palestine' ; this group also had conferences at Columbia U and Cambridge UK). <br> (I used to be a fan of Chomsky but his linguistic and political theories i think do not hold up---parts do, but to quote Pharrel Williams (of the song 'Happy') its like 'a room without a roof'. I thnk same is true for 'BDS' movement. )<br> these were actually 'taboo topics' at MIT. Complexity theory was as well--- if you want to discuss that, do it in the privacy of your own room, house, or institute. This is sort of why i got a free ride home with the police after we went to the beach after graduation---i decided to go to see the ocean. And go in--maybe see some sharks. Someone called the police on me. My relatives were not happy to see me come back in a police car. <br> <br> What are you supposed to do? You go all the way to MIT on megabus (like 8 hours though cheap, take the train in boston, get lost on the MIT campus, go through some basement where they have all these complex computer graphics, and then all you are supposed to do is eat crabs and have light chat maybe about music. And the music i like is also a taboo subject.) <br> <br> I decided to go to see the ocean. 'here comes the ocean, and the waves , crashing in , down by the shore, <br> insects are evil thoughts, thought of by selfish men, it nearly drives me crazy'. (lou reed and the velvet undergound). </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:40 AM E.F. Spero <<a href="mailto:efs8@mit.edu">efs8@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Many of you in the US have probably already seen this - but nevertheless I pass it along<br></div><div>"A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work: While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable."</div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200402&instance_id=17271&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=68011755&section=topNews&segment_id=23606&te=1&user_id=27f84bd98615861dacf04227a3e2567c" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/politics/coronavirus-ventilators.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200402&instance_id=17271&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=68011755&section=topNews&segment_id=23606&te=1&user_id=27f84bd98615861dacf04227a3e2567c</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---<br></div><div>Ellan F. Spero, Ph.D.</div><div><br>Lecturer<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><a href="mailto:efs8@mit.edu" target="_blank">efs8@mit.edu</a><br><br>Co-Founder and Chief Curriculum Officer<br>Station1<br><a href="mailto:ellan@station1.org" target="_blank">ellan@station1.org</a><br><a href="http://www.Station1.org" target="_blank">www.Station1.org</a><br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/ellanfei" target="_blank">Twitter (@ellanfei)</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellan-spero-b1126a18/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Skype: efspero<br>(she, her, hers)<br><span style="color:rgb(6,69,173)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155006/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(6,69,173)"></span></a></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mer 1 apr 2020 alle ore 13:52 Ishi Crew <<a href="mailto:mediaentropy@gmail.com" target="_blank">mediaentropy@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">My area is on semi-lockdown. I do sort of wonder what would happen if all electricity is lost, or there are major problems with water infrastructure--pipes start bursting, or even the local youth and drug addicts get feeling so deprived , cooped up and angry we get alot of violent crime. <br><br>(I live in an apt.---i worry about the maintenance people ---people who clean and maintain this place, plant the beautiful flowers, empty the dumpster, deal with the contiual problems with the plumbing system---its an old building, so pipes fail.) Not to mention utlity crews who have to deal with power lines every time a tree falls down. Most people in this area are very considerate so there is not much to clean, but some are careless or inconsiderate--leave their trash everywhere or worse.). <br><br><br>I could sort of see some sort of 'Darwinian evolution' in which different classes of workers become different species. You have the tech workers, utility workers, people who empty the dumpsters, the landscapers, the gorcery workers, police , fire dept etc all of whom self-segregate , create ther own self-sufficient communites (in part) and become different species. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:23 PM Piper Wilder <<a href="mailto:piper.wilder@60hertzenergy.com" target="_blank">piper.wilder@60hertzenergy.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Thanks for sharing this, Jasmine. <div><br></div><div>My software company, <a href="http://www.60hertzenergy.com" target="_blank">60Hertz</a> provides maintenance software for very remote utility workers who look after microgrids in villages, commercial/industrial sites, telecomm, mines etc. We hadn’t considered the role of COVID-isolated, utility workers, but our platform could be well-suited to help. Thank you again for sharing this article.</div><div><br></div><div>Is anyone on this listserve looking at the role of isolated maintenance workers and mental health? This is a strong thesis for 60Hertz and shapes our work; we would like to find likeminded researchers or colleagues with whom to engage on the topic. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Piper<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 1, 2020, at 9:34 AM, Jasmine McNealy <<a href="mailto:jmcnealy@ufl.edu" target="_blank">jmcnealy@ufl.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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