Purpose
Purpose is an infinite recursion. Every recursive step leads to a new layer of meaning.
Seeking one purpose is an infinite regression.
Coda
coda: a concise set of guiding principles that reflect how someone perceives the world and chooses to live within it
Tenets
Tenets are contextual interpretation frameworks.
- We are one animal among many
- We are uniquely capable of large-scale destruction
- Technology must be carefully additive tools
- Designing tools is designing behavior
- Civilization is complication, nature is complexity
- Nature, undominated, is our home
Guidelines
Guidelines are flexible behavioral boundaries.
- Send roots in all directions
- Create more than you consume
- Surprise with generosity
- Everything is more capable
- Be wary of specialization
- Independence is security
- Dependence is not weakness
- Energy is often violence