¶ What is this for?
If you arrived on this page, you have probably met me in person, or at least online. So you have a vague idea of who I am. The purpose of this wiki is to make the vague idea clearer.
I'm an optimizer by nature, and this leads to two things right now:
- I've given a lot of thought to what the best way to live life is, and I've reached some conclusions.
- I want to write them down and let you examine them. That way we can quickly discover commonalities, or a shortage of them. Either is a good outcome because knowledge is power.
¶ What is philosophy made of?
Relativism is correct. There is no such thing as an absolute good, or absolute evil. Yet each of us prefers certain outcomes to others, we are not indifferent, especially if the matter concerns us. We like people with the same preferences as us, and we tend to dislike or even hate people whose values are incompatible with ours.
My hope is that you'll like my values and we will become closer. But if you don't, it's also better to find out early, and at a distance. It's less unpleasant/disappointing that way.
Below I will list some of my values, in no particular order. Each will be on its own page, along with some practical ways I implement it in my lifestyle design. Those will be their own pages too.
I hope you have a nice time exploring. If nothing else, you will be intellectually stimulated.