What you’ve written resonates deeply. I’m one of the people who walked away from systems that optimized institutions or profit over purpose and instead built one grounded in restoration, discernment, and generational renewal.
We don’t need more clever tools, we need more whole humans.
That’s what I work on. Happy to share what I’ve learned if the tribe is gathering.
Yes, I am working specifically on this sort of destination awareness in some of my projects: "Every builder’s first duty is philosophical: to decide what they should build for. This duty has largely been forgotten."
We need to enable, teach, and empower those to be able to do this. Time is of the essence, as pace and acceleration of certain aspects of our lives are rushing ahead, as others stand still, or appear to go backwards. How can we develop thinkers, doers, and builders within this context? That's a major challenge of our shared moment.
I agree with this sentiment. It feels like what they are trying to do with Khan academy. It makes me wonder what ideologies are represented within design when there isn't this step of mindfulness you're advocating for? Are there ways to spot these engineered heedlessness's?
I want to build for meta-analysis and polycentric considerations, to help minimize risk of biased logic.
The invisible hand of self-interest cannot be ignored. Yet, this philosopher-builder appears to challenge it. I believe that the notion of business owners prioritizing human flourishing above their own self-interest is an idealistic belief.
An adaptive and emergent approach is always in effect; it operates continuously, whether in the realm of planned order (taxis) or spontaneous order (cosmos).
Democracy and republican systems have arisen less from the vision of individual founders like Benjamin Franklin and more from a dynamic process driven by technological change, journalistic scrutiny, and the continual adjustment of self-interest within institutions. Their emergence reflects society’s adaptive evolution, rather than the design or influence of any one person.
Awesome! Yep, we modeled the ultimate futures for 3y+ - turns out it's possible with just one assumption: non-forcing - people don't like being forced and so they'll make all of those things optional
We're pretty sure the best ethical ultimate future will have the direct democratic simulated multiverse as an optional video game. We shared a lot about how it looks, with photos and videos, the mechanics of being there, ethicalized computational physics of it, how to start profitably building it (half a dozen unicorn startups ideas), everything really
I thought this was going to be about Plato's Philosopher-King. Interesting piece but either there's something missing or the naming is a bit confusing. Great work!
This is by design! Check out the 6:00 timestamp in this video https://youtu.be/H_g0RSSo0ho?si=amHHMq64CqqbXAtT&t=359, where we explain the difference between the Philosopher-King and the Philosopher-Builder archetypes.
What you’ve written resonates deeply. I’m one of the people who walked away from systems that optimized institutions or profit over purpose and instead built one grounded in restoration, discernment, and generational renewal.
We don’t need more clever tools, we need more whole humans.
That’s what I work on. Happy to share what I’ve learned if the tribe is gathering.
We don’t need more smart people, we need more compassionate people.
Absolutely! My view is that we need to start encouraging a building (rather a measuring, correcting, or policing) imagination early. We have the tools to better envision with AI. Imagine new worlds! https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/toward-science-fiction-education
Yes, I am working specifically on this sort of destination awareness in some of my projects: "Every builder’s first duty is philosophical: to decide what they should build for. This duty has largely been forgotten."
We need to enable, teach, and empower those to be able to do this. Time is of the essence, as pace and acceleration of certain aspects of our lives are rushing ahead, as others stand still, or appear to go backwards. How can we develop thinkers, doers, and builders within this context? That's a major challenge of our shared moment.
I agree with this sentiment. It feels like what they are trying to do with Khan academy. It makes me wonder what ideologies are represented within design when there isn't this step of mindfulness you're advocating for? Are there ways to spot these engineered heedlessness's?
I want to build for meta-analysis and polycentric considerations, to help minimize risk of biased logic.
This post is worth a read: https://thegrandredesign.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-future-of-human-autonomy
The invisible hand of self-interest cannot be ignored. Yet, this philosopher-builder appears to challenge it. I believe that the notion of business owners prioritizing human flourishing above their own self-interest is an idealistic belief.
An adaptive and emergent approach is always in effect; it operates continuously, whether in the realm of planned order (taxis) or spontaneous order (cosmos).
Democracy and republican systems have arisen less from the vision of individual founders like Benjamin Franklin and more from a dynamic process driven by technological change, journalistic scrutiny, and the continual adjustment of self-interest within institutions. Their emergence reflects society’s adaptive evolution, rather than the design or influence of any one person.
Awesome! Yep, we modeled the ultimate futures for 3y+ - turns out it's possible with just one assumption: non-forcing - people don't like being forced and so they'll make all of those things optional
We're pretty sure the best ethical ultimate future will have the direct democratic simulated multiverse as an optional video game. We shared a lot about how it looks, with photos and videos, the mechanics of being there, ethicalized computational physics of it, how to start profitably building it (half a dozen unicorn startups ideas), everything really
Thank you!
I thought this was going to be about Plato's Philosopher-King. Interesting piece but either there's something missing or the naming is a bit confusing. Great work!
This is by design! Check out the 6:00 timestamp in this video https://youtu.be/H_g0RSSo0ho?si=amHHMq64CqqbXAtT&t=359, where we explain the difference between the Philosopher-King and the Philosopher-Builder archetypes.