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                                    “ Tit for Tat!”
 “Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski ([kɔˈʐɨpski]) (July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist. He is most remembered for developing the theory of general semantics.”

If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.
Alfred Korzybski

Carl Rogers (January 8, 1902 – February 4, 1987) was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the Humanistic approach to psychology. Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956. The Person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains such as psychotherapy and counseling (Client-centered therapy), education (Student-centered learning), organizations, and other group settings. For his professional work he was bestowed the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Psychology by the APA in 1972. Towards the end of his life Carl Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with national intergroup conflict in South Africa and Northern Ireland.[1] In an empirical study by Haggbloom et al. (2002) using six criteria such as citations and recognition, Rogers was found to be the sixth most eminent psychologist of the 20th Century and among clinicians, second only to Sigmund Freud.[2]
 

Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and political figure. He was an English professor, served as president of San Francisco State University and then a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he was educated in the public schools of Calgary, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba; received his undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in 1927; graduate degrees in English from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1928, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1935.

The winning program was called "Tit for Tat," submitted by Anatol Rapaport (whose 1960 book Fights, Games, and Debates is a very nice introduction to game theory). Tit for Tat's strategy was very simple. On its first encounter with any given program, it would cooperate. On subsequent encounters, it would do whatever that program had done on the previous occasion.

Anatol Rapoport (Russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Рапопо́рт, born May 22, 1911- January 20, 2007) was a Russian-born American Jewish mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic models of contagion.

I was searching this morning in Bing http://www.discoverbing.com/tour/

I am going to see if reading the writings of these great wordsmiths I can find an answer to the appeal of Texting and it’s effect on complete thought,s  ! If you can help please comment
                          
   
           http://marshalsandler.com/2009/06/tit-for-tat-texting/

GRAY   
FAMILY ‘08
After five years of growing as a couple, The Gray family underwent a year of
unprecedented change. It was a time of transition and loss, as Molly the beagle moved
on after 18 years, and a time of unequalled celebration, with the arrival of TWINS!
Matthew and Sarah joined us on June 20th, and we know life is changed forever.
The theme of “Change” was present in more than just politics in 2008. While the last few years
were comparatively stable, with both Louis and Kristine holding the same jobs, living in the same
home, and even keeping the same cars, we exit the year finding ourselves in the new role of par-
ents, to not just one, but two, children. Matthew and Sarah started their lives at a mere 5 pounds
and 4 pounds, 3 ounces, respectively, and have brought incredible happiness into our lives which
far outweighs their diminutive size.
Their debut also rearranged practically every element of our schedule, from sleep to meals, to
even leaving the house. Kristine took a leave of absence from her teaching job in May, and since
then, has been spending practically every waking hour helping the twins progress - but somehow
still managed to continue her progress toward a Master’s in History at San Jose State. And after a
generous four-week paternity leave, Louis headed back to work at BlueArc, where he is wrapping
up his eighth full year - a surprising length of time in the always-morphing Silicon Valley.  
BUT THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN BABIES. RIGHT?
Before Matthew and Sarah came into our lives, we knew they had time to squeeze in one last va-
cation as a twosome. Keeping with tradition set the prior two years, we headed to sunny Arizona
to see the Oakland A’s at Spring Training, taking an extra day or two to drive from Phoenix to
Tucson to see the A’s play on the road. Driving with the top down on the rental convertible, Louis
and Kristine, she a fit five months pregnant, almost got sunburned before even seeing an inning
of ball. But somehow they survived the four games in four days. What didn’t survive the trip was
Louis’ laptop, which got crushed when he moronically stowed it in an area marked unsafe, and
then raised the convertible’s roof, smashing the poor Mac to bits. It was a down moment after a
fun week and repairing it cost more than the trip itself.
Oops.
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At the time, Kristine, only partially kidding, said she felt a real sense of loss, as the ever-present
laptop was practically part of the family. In fact, it was the laptop, and way too much typing on
said device, that took much of Louis’ time this year, both at work and at home. His blog, at
http://www.louisgray.com, initially started in 2006 to talk tech in a personal way, became a lot
more visible, as he found more of a stride, posting more frequently and engaging with thought
leaders throughout Silicon Valley.
Meanwhile, outside of geek land, and in the real world, as new life was on its way to our family,
one of the more stable elements, our beagle, Molly, found it was time to move on. After a rich life
that saw her spoiled ahead of all other hound dogs, including more than 13 years under Kris-
tine’s care, she left us on June 5th, missing the twins’ arrival by just over two weeks. Her loss was
devastating for the family, and we still find ourselves expecting her to be in familiar places, greet-
ing us at the door and looking for food.
The twins have more than made up for Molly’s loss, and we’ve managed to cope with the extra
work needed, gaining plenty of help from friends and family who have been generous with their
time. And since their small start, the twins have tripled in size at the six-month mark, with Mat-
thew weighing in at 15 pounds, and Sarah at nearly 12. They manage to keep us on our toes, and
we will have fun chronicling their growth as they move from infants to toddlers and beyond. Kris-
tine has even set up a blog to watch their advancement, at http://www.thegrayeffect.com.
Blogging. Everybody is doing it.
Now, if you don’t mind, I think I hear a baby crying. Wonder which one?           
— Louis and Kristine Gray
         
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