#25 - Marc Gafni | First Principles and First Values
Apr 3, 2024
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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.
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.
Value is intrinsic and universal, guiding human actions towards deeper connections and wholeness.
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.
Metacrisis and Global Coordination
The episode explores the notion of metacrisis arising from the breakdown of a shared field of value. The discussion highlights the global challenges requiring coordination, coherence, and intimacy among nations. The breakdown of global resonance is shown to hinder global coordination for addressing existential challenges. A new story of value is proposed as the key response to the metacrisis to foster global coherence and coordination.
Cosmoerotic Humanism and New Story of Value
The podcast introduces 'Cosmoerotic Humanism' as a concept that reflects the interconnectedness of the cosmohorotic universe with human dignity. It emphasizes that value is intrinsic and ubiquitous, challenging the prevalent narrative that values are arbitrary social constructs. The new story of value advocated in the episode portrays value as fundamental to reality, guiding human actions towards deeper connections and greater wholeness, surpassing the limitations of the current value critiques in modern and postmodern thoughts.
The Evolution of Love from Egocentric to Cosmo-Centric
Love evolves from egocentric to ethnocentric, world-centric, and then cosmo-centric. This evolution involves expanding the circle of caring concern from self to tribe, to the world, and eventually to all living beings and the evolutionary process. It signifies a deepening sense of intimacy and a shift towards sacrificial love.
The Concept of Intrinsic and Evolving Value
The podcast discusses a new story of value where intrinsic value is eternal yet evolving. This concept challenges previous notions by combining eternal significance with evolution through time. It redefines heroism as being filled with valor and valiance by participating and acting for the sake of the whole, based on an evolving field of value.
Dr. Marc Gafni has been described as a world philosopher, integrating wisdom from across multiple disciplines into what he has called a New Story of Value. He is the president of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion and has authored twelve books including Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.
Today we talk about his latest book First Principles and First Values.