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The Metagame

#25 - Marc Gafni | First Principles and First Values

Apr 3, 2024
World philosopher Marc Gafni discusses First Principles and First Values, urging radical devotion to values amidst societal chaos. Topics include infinite games, embracing purity and sincerity, impact of exponential technologies, cosmo-erotic humanism, evolution of value concepts, and evolving relationships towards soulmates based on shared values.
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Quick takeaways

  • Emphasizing clarity in authorship is crucial to create a new story of value.
  • A new story of value is essential to address the metacrisis and foster global coherence.

Deep dives

Pseudo-Anonymous Authorship and Field of Value

The podcast discusses the concept of pseudo-anonymous authorship in the book 'First Principles and First Values'. The authors, Mark Gaffney and Zach Stein, under the name David Judah Temple, emphasize the importance of creating a new story of value. They reject the idea of hiding authorship and stress the need for clarity in authorship. The conversation delves into the current broken information ecologies and the necessity for a field of shared value.

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