It’s interesting to me that when we look for guidance on big topics like, ”What does it mean to be a good person?”, or “What makes for a meaningful, worthwhile life?”, many of the canonical texts we regularly refer to are very old.
It feels like “idea machines” are an exciting option that AI could naturally help with as an idea generator.
In addition to religion’s grip, we may look to certain ones for effective modern wisdom because of a positive survivorship bias – their moral advice and perspectives have survived millennia of testing, and we’ve forgotten the ones that haven’t. Another interesting way for AI to help here could be to simulate countless scenarios that rapidly test emerging moral systems and help quickly filter out incomplete ones.
Great questions, Nan. I’ve found myself asking similar questions of late. I realized I don’t have a clear vision of what qualifies someone as “a good man” anymore. To be called such would have been high praise to my grandfather, but now it sounds antiquated. I’ve been trying to define for myself what would earn and give the phrase meaning again.
The question was my inspiration for an upcoming @Interintellect salon on Teddy Roosevelt. Would love for you to join and share your thoughts about what he could teach us about what it means to be a good person and life a meaningful life!
I have had the same thought and this is why I was so taken with Yuval Harari's book Homo Deus. It offers a perspective on this especially in a world of AI & increased ability to do enhancements via biotech and Neurotech.
moral values are the emergent protocols of trustable, intentional live cooperation, either with other humans or cooperating more fully with reality in your own mind's constructed narrative. our moral values are what we would do if everyone told us how to do better and we added all of that together and generalized it;) we can't adjust or tune morals for the times. we can design environments where only moral choices are rewarded. that works better for us flawed humans. AO
Big Creation startup is seeking stressors. AI prompt explain Antifragile Optimism. AO knowledge base v0 6/29/2025 11am https://g.co/gemini/share/f812d6bd8fdc
It feels like “idea machines” are an exciting option that AI could naturally help with as an idea generator.
In addition to religion’s grip, we may look to certain ones for effective modern wisdom because of a positive survivorship bias – their moral advice and perspectives have survived millennia of testing, and we’ve forgotten the ones that haven’t. Another interesting way for AI to help here could be to simulate countless scenarios that rapidly test emerging moral systems and help quickly filter out incomplete ones.
Great questions, Nan. I’ve found myself asking similar questions of late. I realized I don’t have a clear vision of what qualifies someone as “a good man” anymore. To be called such would have been high praise to my grandfather, but now it sounds antiquated. I’ve been trying to define for myself what would earn and give the phrase meaning again.
The question was my inspiration for an upcoming @Interintellect salon on Teddy Roosevelt. Would love for you to join and share your thoughts about what he could teach us about what it means to be a good person and life a meaningful life!
https://interintellect.com/series/reading-group-the-rise-of-theodore-rooseveltReading Group: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
I have had the same thought and this is why I was so taken with Yuval Harari's book Homo Deus. It offers a perspective on this especially in a world of AI & increased ability to do enhancements via biotech and Neurotech.
moral values are the emergent protocols of trustable, intentional live cooperation, either with other humans or cooperating more fully with reality in your own mind's constructed narrative. our moral values are what we would do if everyone told us how to do better and we added all of that together and generalized it;) we can't adjust or tune morals for the times. we can design environments where only moral choices are rewarded. that works better for us flawed humans. AO
Big Creation startup is seeking stressors. AI prompt explain Antifragile Optimism. AO knowledge base v0 6/29/2025 11am https://g.co/gemini/share/f812d6bd8fdc