This is an
ethic of living. It is discussion and instructions on how to live well.
Without actually telling you what to do. Truly—this is not a collection of
rules or an attempt to impose authority on people. Instead, the ethic
examines who we are, what life is, and some important considerations
regarding meaning and value in this life. From there, arguments are
offered about what sort of choices we should be making, within the Circles
of how we interact with other people, how we choose to think, and how
closely and how well we are aligned with the core of our living being. All
for the sake of good outcomes for the reader. Really—no lies and no joke.
Those who choose the virtues, and who live in dignity and simplicity, will
have more freedom and more real meaning in their lives than those who do
not. They will be healthier and happier. They will live well.
Almost everyone alive seems to feel that there is
something missing from their lives. That some knowledge or point of
fulfillment is lacking. This work attempts to fill those gaps in
knowledge. It attempts to show the way to true inner fulfillment. For
those in high school, looking toward the bright empty promises of
university. For those in university, or dropped out, that did not find
what they were looking for. For all of the adults in the working world,
squeezed into a job but still seeking answers. For every single person
alive—this book offers answers. Hopefully true answers, and certainly a
number of powerful truths, but in any case this is a new attempt at
finding meaning.
The acceleration of technology is changing all of our
lives. We cannot know everything there is to know and we cannot keep track
of everything important. The human world continues to grow larger and more
complex. This work also examines the meaning of human intelligence and
seeks to filter value judgments through core human meaning. As we may be
on the cusp of a singularity of recursive AGI, such a work is very
appropriate at this time. This is a fresh look at who and what we are as
people; it is a reconsideration of what is good and what is not good—for
human beings. These are the measures by which our tools of technology must
be judged. Should we choose to let our tools do some of our thinking for
us? Should we create machines in the image of a human mind? This book does
not necessarily claim answers to these questions, but it does provide a
basis by which such questions should be answered.
The ethic is both fundamental and intricately derived,
both simple and amazingly complex. I invite you to share in the vision and
proposed solutions of DSV; I challenge you to learn it well enough to make
the work your own and to continue the journey that this book begins.
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to beneficial and important for the common good. As such, I grant it
freely to others, as stipulated above. If you wish to support efforts such
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In fact, the ebook version is available
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Simplicity Virtue (free ebook).
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