Our institutions- including our economies, governments, and religions- are all trying to do the same thing. These systems exist to help us make good decisions and do good things. In different ways, they are each a judge of moral actions + executor of deeds deemed moral. This process of judgment and execution could leverage economic forces like supply and demand, it could be through a political process like voting, or it could be an interpretation of existential relevance based on the insights of a prophet.
I love the DALL-E images - this "persistence of memory" is one of my favorites. Kind of scary and amazing how AI can create something so similar to what the artist would create.
Perhaps another way of approaching this daunting subject is chronological. Imagine when a small group of people emerged and needed to survive. Then imagine each step along the way toward that end. Eventually if it went on long enough it would likely, maybe inevitably, look like what exists around the world today regardless of premeditation.
Really loved this one and the overlap with Maslow's hierarchy was really insightful. Love the time horizon perspective as well.
Interesting to consider that everything is moving "away" from religion. Electricity starts in economy and moves to being a regulated resource. "Don't murder" goes from religion to government enforced. Does the government/economy ever move their responsibilities under the jurisdiction of religion?
I love the DALL-E images - this "persistence of memory" is one of my favorites. Kind of scary and amazing how AI can create something so similar to what the artist would create.
Perhaps another way of approaching this daunting subject is chronological. Imagine when a small group of people emerged and needed to survive. Then imagine each step along the way toward that end. Eventually if it went on long enough it would likely, maybe inevitably, look like what exists around the world today regardless of premeditation.
Really loved this one and the overlap with Maslow's hierarchy was really insightful. Love the time horizon perspective as well.
Interesting to consider that everything is moving "away" from religion. Electricity starts in economy and moves to being a regulated resource. "Don't murder" goes from religion to government enforced. Does the government/economy ever move their responsibilities under the jurisdiction of religion?