Becoming Conscious #55 - Navigating Civilization Design Using Triples w/ Forrest Landry
May 19, 2023
Forrest Landry, philosopher and author of Immanent Metaphysics, explores civilization design through concise triads. He discusses how triples illuminate value, culture, and strategy. Conversation touches on technology concentrating power, the priority of community over career, and restoring cooperative, principle-based practices.
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Relationships Over Purpose
- Forrest Landry argues communities and personal relationships should be prioritized over professional, purpose-driven systems.
- Meaningfulness (immanence) is more fundamental than abstract value or functional purpose for human thriving.
Personal Cost Of Career Mobility
- Forrest recounts moving from East to West Coast and losing most friendships due to geographical fragmentation.
- He highlights how professional mobility fragments local social bonds and embodied community support.
Design For Equitable Tech Gains
- Avoid assuming technology will automatically serve humanity; check who captures the gains.
- Design distribution and governance so efficiency gains don't concentrate wealth with machine owners.
