Madison
Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar
Summer 2016 Discussions
At the seminar on May 5, 2015, we decided to make our long-standing
summer
discussions slightly more formal by having a topic, a
facilitator, and a web-accessible reading or video. The reading or
video should take no more than 20 minutes, and the facilitator
should be prepared to give at most a 5-minute introduction to the
topic and lead the ensuing discussion. All discussions are Tuesday
noon on the Memorial
Union Terrace (Union Theater Lounge area facing Lake Mendota
in the event of bad weather). Anyone interested in facilitating a
topic should contact Myrna
Casebolt.
Short List
- May 10, 2016 - George Hrabovsky
- May 17, 2016 - Jim Blair
- May 24, 2016 - Open discussion
- May 31, 2016 - Bill Fischer
- Jun 7, 2016 - Myrna Casebolt
- Jun 14, 2016 - Jim Blair
- Jun 21, 2016 - Bernard Friedlander
- Jun 28, 2016 - Clint Sprott
- Jul 5, 2016 - Open discussion
- Jul 12, 2016 - Jeff Mattox
- Jul 19, 2016 - Blaise Thompson
- Jul 26, 2016 - Bernard Friedlander
- Aug 2, 2016 - Karen Holden
- Aug 9, 2016 - Jeff Mattox
- Aug 16, 2016 - Robin Chapman
- Aug 23, 2016 - Russ Gardner
- Aug 30, 2016 - Terry Allard
Topics
May 10, 2016
Topic: Storm Chasing
Facilitator: George Hrabovsky
Reading: Introduction
to Storm Chasing
May 17, 2016
Topic: Questions Political Candidates Should be Asked
Facilitator: Jim Blair
Reading: Questions Political Candidates
Should be Asked
May 24, 2016
Topic: Open discussion
Facilitator:
Reading:
May 31, 2016
Topic: Resource
Exhaustion/Financial Instability
Facilitator: Bill Fischer
Reading: Korowicz,
Part 1, How To Be Trapped; Korowicz,
Part 2, Anger and Complicity in a Time of Limits
June 7, 2016
Topic: Intellectual Laziness
Facilitator: Myrna Casebolt
Reading: Wikipedia
article on Anti-intellectualism
June 14, 2016
Topic: Are we Living in a Golden Age? And How Would we Know?
Facilitator: Jim Blair
Reading: 2020 Vision: at the Midway; a book
review
June 21, 2016
Topic: The Complexity of the Climate Crisis
Facilitator: Bernard Friedlander
Reading: Wake
Up America
June 28, 2016
Topic: Political Extremism
Facilitator: Clint Sprott
Reading: Why
Moderate Views Rarely Prevail and Encouraging
Moderation
July 5, 2016
Topic: What Will Change Everything?
Facilitator: Open discussion
Reading: 2009
Edge Annual Question
July 12, 2016
Topic: Procrastination
Facilitator: Jeff Mattox
Reading: How
Procrastination can be Good for You and Ted
Talk by Tim Urban
July 19, 2016
Topic: Algorithms to Live By
Facilitator: Blaise Thompson
Reading: "Algorithms
to Live By" Podcast
July 26, 2016
Topic: A Stark Nuclear Warning
Facilitator: Bernard Friedlander
Reading: Book
Review of "A Stark Nuclear Warning"
August 2, 2016
Topic: How Predictability Shapes Policy
Facilitator: Karen Holden
Reading: How Probability Shapes Policy
August 9, 2016
Topic: Improving
High-school Curriculums
Facilitator: Jeff Mattox
Reading: Improving High-school Curriculums
August 16, 2016
Topic: Foreseeable Systemic Crises
Facilitator: Robin Chapman
Reading: You
Can't Handle the Truth
August 23, 2016
Topic: What’s an Ordinary
Citizen To Do?
Facilitator: Russ Gardner
Reading: What’s an Ordinary Citizen To
Do?
August 30, 2016
Topic: Superintelligence and the Ethics of Autonomous Systems
Facilitator: Terry Allard
Reading: Superintelligence and the Ethics of Autonomous
Systems