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Dear all,
for the sake of completeness:
The link to the twitter post is
https://twitter.com/GCSCS_RuG/status/666324786344288256
The link to the image is
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT9C3EKUAAAjVUn.jpg
Thanks Wander & everyone else.
Best,
Torsten
On 11/16/2015 07:32 PM, Jager, Wander wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Attached the statement as jpg file. I have shared it on the
> Facebook page and Twitter account of the Groningen Center for
> Social Complexity Studies. You can easily share these posts, or use
> the attached jpg on your own channels.
>
> I appreciate very much your support, and indeed I think in due time
> we start a group tackling this very complex matter. The group
> created by Klaus Jaffe may provide a good starting point.
>
> [log in to unmask] at
> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/TerrorSociobiology
>
> Cheers to all of you
>
> Wander
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Dawn Parker
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I also support the statement. Thanks
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2015, at 9:17 AM, "Christophe LE PAGE" <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am like Bruno : this initiative and the related discussion make
>> me feel good, so of course I’m ok to be associated to the
>> statement.
>>
>> Thank you all.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe Le Page
>>
>>
>>
>> *De :* News and discussion about computer simulation in the
>> social sciences [mailto:[log in to unmask]
>> <[log in to unmask]>] *De la part de* Bonte Bruno *Envoyé :*
>> lundi 16 novembre 2015 12:03 *À :* [log in to unmask] *Objet
>> :* Re: [SIMSOC] Statement on behalf of our community on the
>> Paris attacks
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi to all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I would be glad to be associated to this statement and I thank
>> all of you for the initiative and comments.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Bruno Bonté
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *De: *"Wander Jager" <[log in to unmask]> *À: *[log in to unmask]
>> *Envoyé: *Lundi 16 Novembre 2015 14:14:35 *Objet: *Re: [SIMSOC]
>> Statement on behalf of our community on the Paris attacks
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear friends
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the mail bombardment! Thanks to your positive comments
>> I rewrote the statement. Please read, and if you are not yet on
>> the list of people subscribing this statement (or if you want to
>> be removed) let me know as soon as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> *A statement on behalf of scientists and scholars cooperating in
>> the global SIMSOC network. *
>>
>>
>>
>> *A flourishing global culture **is based on the human values of
>> love, respect and tolerance. It **requires an eagerness to
>> embrace diversity, and when values conflict, informed tolerance
>> as important principles. Terrorist attacks have destroyed the
>> lives of thousands of innocent citizens around the world,
>> undermining a tolerant culture by fuelling a polarization
>> process, setting up groups of people against each other.
>> **Responding with fear and violence would undermine these values
>> and ultimately lead to repressive governance structures. Instead,
>> we want to support the development of critical thinking
>> worldwide, particularly in areas of the world that are dominated
>> by dogmatic and repressive powers. **We believe that we should
>> support investments in education and critical thinking, food,
>> health, technology, research, work, peace, and social justice
>> rather than invested in violence and death. We prefer drones
>> offering Internet access to drones packed with explosives. Better
>> dropping laptops than bombs. Mind that lead is better used for
>> printing than for bullets!*
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexis Drogoul
>>
>> Alison Heppenstall
>>
>> Andreas Ernst
>>
>> Antonella Ianni
>>
>> Arend Ligtenberg
>>
>> Borit Melania
>>
>> Cesar Garcia-Diaz
>>
>> Cesareo Hernandez
>>
>> Chih-Chun Chen
>>
>> Christophe Sibertin-Blanc
>>
>> Cinzia Tegoni
>>
>> Corinna Eisenbroich
>>
>> Diana Mangalagiu
>>
>> Fabio Correa
>>
>> Frederik Schaff
>>
>> Geeske Scholz
>>
>> Gert Jan Hofstede
>>
>> Helder Coelho
>>
>> Julie Dugdale
>>
>> Klaus G. Troitzsch
>>
>> Klaus Jaffe
>>
>> Leonardo G. Rodríguez Zoya
>>
>> Mario Paolucci
>>
>> Matteo Morini
>>
>> Mauricio Salgado
>>
>> Michael MÖhring
>>
>> Norman Johnson
>>
>> Olivier Barreteau
>>
>> Oswaldo Téran
>>
>> Patrick Seidler
>>
>> Pietro Terna
>>
>> Rocco Paolillo
>>
>> Robert Marks
>>
>> Rosaria Conte
>>
>> Ruben Flores
>>
>> Scott Moss
>>
>> Sylvie Huet
>>
>> Sjoukje Osinga
>>
>> Torsten Heinrich
>>
>> Tuncer Ören
>>
>> Virginia Dignum
>>
>> Wander Jager
>>
>> Wilfred Geerlings
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I plan to post this on the Facebook page of the Groningen center
>> for Social Complexity Studies, but to have some impact I rely on
>> us all to share wherever we can...
>>
>>
>>
>> Warm regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Wander Jager
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Scott Moss
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Revulsion as a response to terrorist attacks is in large measure
>> personal but also reinforced and deepened by sharing our
>> feelings. I believe that the importance of this sort of socially
>> enhanced response is a lesson from agent-based social modelling
>> of various kinds. Perhaps the very long and growing thread
>> initiated by Wander’s posting is further evidence of the
>> empirical importance this sort of social process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Adding our own expressions of moral outrage can certainly be seen
>> as a moral obligation. A common statement, or even individual
>> statements, will add to the volume of such expressions but do not
>> seem to me to be likely to change the tactics of IS or other
>> terrorists. I would not be surprised if our statement failed to
>> attract any special notice. Perhaps there is an analogy here
>> with voting: no one much notices how each of us votes but the
>> strength of the polity is more sound as more of us do vote. But
>> in addition to voting, we are also able to apply our skills to
>> the analysis and perhaps the improvement of society.
>>
>>
>>
>> If we want to make a contribution based on our scientific skills,
>> I suggest that an appropriate way forward is to apply those
>> skills to a problem where we have some chance of making a direct
>> impact by informing public policies — whether tactical, strategic
>> or both. Perhaps a coordinated attack on specific issues where
>> our understanding is unclear would be more useful. Some issues
>> suggest themselves readily: recruitment to terrorist
>> organisations or the social context in which radicalism thrives
>> are two that come immediately to mind.
>>
>>
>>
>> I suggest that, in addition to any statement of the sort
>> suggested by Wander, that we agree on a small working party to
>> receive suggestions for issues where we can make a contribution
>> and to refine those questions to a few clear challenges to be
>> presented to the wider social simulation community. We could
>> both suggest to funding bodies that these challenges become the
>> basis of funding calls and also devote our own resources to
>> addressing these challenges. Indeed, by devoting our own
>> resources to such activities we would be (and be seen to be) less
>> self-serving because we would be willing to make some sacrifices
>> for the public good. The whole process would also then avoid the
>> lengthy delays involved in normal funding processes.
>>
>>
>>
>> Workshops and webinars are fine but they need to be structured.
>> The challenges suggested by such a working party would provide
>> the basis for such structuring.
>>
>>
>>
>> As Wander started this discussion and has considerable experience
>> in projects and organisation, I suggest specifically that he be
>> asked to put together an appropriate working party and to
>> organise such a constructive process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Nov 2015, at 19:00, Jager, Wander <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear friends
>>
>>
>>
>> Usually we publish our ideas in scientific journals, but
>> considering the impact of the terrorist attacks on innocent
>> citizens on our society, the attack on Paris as the most recent
>> gruesome act, I think that we, being scientists addressing the
>> dynamics of society, have a responsibility to address the general
>> public more directly. A polarisation of society, resulting in
>> conflict, seems to be the aim of these fear-inducing attacks. The
>> more society at large is aware of this likely aim, the more a
>> liberal and tolerant culture might be resilient to such attacks.
>>
>>
>>
>> I propose publishing a statement on behalf of our scientific
>> community. The following tekst is a sightly adapted post I made
>> on Facebook. It might serve as a start for a joint message, which
>> should have tolerance and openness as key values for a global
>> culture to strive for.
>>
>>
>>
>> *A flourishing global culture requires tolerance and the
>> embracing of diversity as important principles. The IS attacks on
>> innocent citizens appear to be aimed at undermining this tolerant
>> culture by fuelling a polarisation process, setting up groups of
>> people against each other. Rather than responding with violence,
>> leading to a spiralling down to a repressive state, as scientists
>> we believe that we should support critical thinking in areas
>> dominated by dogmatic and repressive powers. We prefer drones
>> offering internet access over drones packed with with
>> explosives. Better a bombardment with laptops than with rockets.
>> Mind that lead is better used for printing than for bullets!*
>>
>>
>>
>> If you support this message just let me know, and if you have
>> some suggestions for improving the tekst and for bringing this
>> message out your input is valued very much.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope to share a final tekst on Monday, which I want to
>> circulate on this list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warm regards from concerned citizen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wander Jager
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> University College Groningen
>>
>> Phone +31 (0)6 361 84 622
>>
>> Twitter: @GCSCS_RuG
>>
>> Facebook: Groningen Center for Social Complexity Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> Professor Scott Moss
>>
>> Brookfold
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>> Groningen Center for Social Complexity Studies
>>
>> University College Groningen
>>
>> Phone +31 (0)6 361 84 622
>>
>> Twitter: @GCSCS_RuG
>>
>> Facebook: Groningen Center for Social Complexity Studies
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Torsten Heinrich, PhD
Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics (iino)
Department of Business Studies & Economics
University of Bremen
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