Hello party people. Lady Whistledown here. I introduced the concept of “existential relevance” in the last post. To recap said post: we live in this thing called existence. Understanding existence is meaningful. We don’t understand what’s going on. We’re learning, but we don’t fully get it. To make meaningful decisions about what to do as a species and as individuals, it’s helpful to have existential context. Recap done.
1. Cool concept of the "right" destination (aka Antarctica). Is it possible that "being nice to each other" isn't the right direction but is an intentionally not wrong decision? E.g. The goal is to steer ourselves away from a giant fiery whirlpool.
2. Does free market capitalism qualify as being nice to each other? Coordinated, for sure!
1. Hm, you're saying that perhaps the destination of a "nicer" society isn't right, it's just not wrong? The line between "right" and "not wrong" is a fine one for sure. Heading into the fiery whirlpool seems like a binary "wrong," so anything that's not that is somewhat "right." :). As we update to use better guidance systems for our society, we'll aim in a "more right" direction. Part of the nuance here is "the most right direction" at any given time isn't the "perfect" direction, it's just the best we can do. But in a sense, our best is perfect.
2. Def a lot nicer than killing each other over disputes :)
1. Cool concept of the "right" destination (aka Antarctica). Is it possible that "being nice to each other" isn't the right direction but is an intentionally not wrong decision? E.g. The goal is to steer ourselves away from a giant fiery whirlpool.
2. Does free market capitalism qualify as being nice to each other? Coordinated, for sure!
1. Hm, you're saying that perhaps the destination of a "nicer" society isn't right, it's just not wrong? The line between "right" and "not wrong" is a fine one for sure. Heading into the fiery whirlpool seems like a binary "wrong," so anything that's not that is somewhat "right." :). As we update to use better guidance systems for our society, we'll aim in a "more right" direction. Part of the nuance here is "the most right direction" at any given time isn't the "perfect" direction, it's just the best we can do. But in a sense, our best is perfect.
2. Def a lot nicer than killing each other over disputes :)