Gregg and Tim:

Reading the acknowledgments in "The Enigma of Reason" (which is where  
I always start when reading a book), I guess I wasn't surprised to  
find "John and Max Brockman, our agents" listed there. Or, that George  
Soros' "Central European University" is involved.

Over the years, I've dealt with many associated with these  
"institutions" and in colloquial terms, this is an academic "mafia"  
that you are dealing with.  These are the sorts of folks who make me  
glad that I saw what happened to my parents as academics and decided  
early-on -- after departing 2x PhD programs -- to pursue my own career  
elsewhere in computer architecture/software, Wall Street and business.

Not to say that those activities don't also include "bad actors" but  
the rules are different and results tend to trump posturing.  Making  
people 1000x their money does provide some job security (but not that  
much.)

The Brockmans -- who I know and also represent my friends Doug  
Rushkoff (about to publish his "Team Human Manifesto") and John  
Markoff (now writing the authorized biography of Stewart Brand), along  
with Steven Pinker (author of "Enlightenment Now!") &al -- are deeply  
in cahoots with the publishers.  They have largely monopolized  
"science" publishing for decades and regularly get favorable press on  
their PR exploits.

One thought would be to turn their presumed "justification" of their  
own actions against them and illustrate how this ordeal illustrates  
their own points about "reason" failing in their own case (and perhaps  
more broadly in the wider industries involved.)

I greatly sympathize with you for what you are up against and regret  
that, unless your "gang" is bigger than theirs, the results aren't  
likely to be favorable.  Make no mistake about it, by raising these  
questions, you are entering into gang-warfare and will need a  
well-armed Crips to go up against their Bloods . . . !!

Mark

P.S. Not that it will help much but these sorts of behaviors --  
particularly the post-modern denigration of "reason" -- are very much  
a result of TELEVISION as a psycho-technological environment.   
Brockman & Co got their start in the 1970s riding the "hippie-wave,"  
beginning with Brockman's own background in "performance art" and his  
association with Stewart Brand's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests" (as  
Tom Wolfe referred to the Grateful Dead's LSD-in-the-park adventures.)  
Brand talked Brockman into rep'ing Gregory Bateson, another LSD  
stalwart (and, coincidentally, a nemesis to my "godfather," Norbert  
Wiener, in cybernetics.)  Kevin Kelly was Brand's protege and is,  
along with Brand, one of this "gangs" top advisors (along with George  
Dyson, who is a Fellow at my Center.) This is 50 year-old story that  
is now coming to any end (i.e. John is retired and his son Max is  
trying to keep the plates spinning.)  Hopefully you can rise above all  
this and put some more nails in its coffin.

Quoting Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]>:

> Tim,
>
> It is inspiring to see you be outspoken about this important issue.   
> I appreciate your suggestion about an amazon review and that option  
> makes sense to me and I will check out leaving a review there!
>
> -chance
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 20, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Tim Henriques  
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for the multiple emails but as a follow up, another way to  
>> show support would be to review the book on Amazon.
>>
>> I have reviewed the book and the authors called me out as Gregg's  
>> brother on it.  I would love to clarify that I am his brother but  
>> that I also was aware of other information (such as the email  
>> exchange where Gregg hands the authors all of his work) but my post  
>> has been locked and I am unable to make any edits or comments on  
>> it, so right now it seems to be more of a he-said she-said stalemate.
>>
>> If others were to post it would show this isn't just one sensitive  
>> relative whose feelings were hurt, but instead the work of these  
>> authors may indeed represent intellectual theft and prospective  
>> buyers should be aware of the actions and the people they are  
>> supporting when they purchase the book.  In essence anyone who buys  
>> the book is essentially rewarding theft or at the very least  
>> encouraging the worst kind of scholarship possible.
>>
>> Here is the link on amazon:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Enigma-2DReason-2DHugo-2DMercier_dp_0674368304_ref-3Dsr-5F1-5F1-3Fie-3DUTF8-26qid-3D1534811163-26sr-3D8-2D1-26keywords-3Denigma-2Bof-2Breason&d=DwIFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=mr8FfSADsGZC4PSgRMVJL9sXCdgXk4R0wOtuf3jKGOY&s=6q7eyHNqKqXTZb8YjoEn7g6u003dg1h5BBop5tXViLk&e=
>>
>> Tim Henriques
>> Director, NPTI VA/MD/DC
>> 703-531-0795
>> NPTI's Webpage
>>
>>                 Did you know I wrote a book about Powerlifting?
>>
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: TOK-SOCIETY-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2018 7:36 pm
>> Subject: Facebook post to Mercier and Sperber
>>
>> Dear TOK Society,
>>
>>   Just wanted to let you know that my brother, Tim Henriques,  
>> posted a note on Facebook about the plagiarism issue.
>>
>> Here is the link to his home page:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_tim.henriques.1&d=DwIFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=mr8FfSADsGZC4PSgRMVJL9sXCdgXk4R0wOtuf3jKGOY&s=WktM4Q83hzoBKl3BpeVcMxCnk9StlxmCYp9CvKS49As&e=
>>
>> and the link to the post directly:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_plugins_post.php-3Fhref-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.facebook.com-252Ftim.henriques.1-252Fposts-252F10158269601033868-26width-3D500&d=DwIFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=mr8FfSADsGZC4PSgRMVJL9sXCdgXk4R0wOtuf3jKGOY&s=kSdTthxneoNxgNa1FwlKGF5OQiOQjcmcGiWwPW6OQa4&e=
>>
>> If folks want access to my website with all the information, here it is:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gregghenriques.com_jh-2Ddispute.html&d=DwIFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=mr8FfSADsGZC4PSgRMVJL9sXCdgXk4R0wOtuf3jKGOY&s=F5kKVOpDR4scJEWNVO502KnVeuQPskBavc1NPv6IXIk&e=
>>
>> Feel free to comment and share.
>>
>> Note, they have been completely silent about all of this, which is  
>> telling. And Harvard Press did not care. So, we are left wondering,  
>> does anyone care about this kind of issue? Can folks just take  
>> stuff and ignore the accusation and everyone moves on? I am  
>> thankful to Tim for helping support me with this.
>>
>> Best,
>> Gregg
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