What we value

Examining what this "value" thing is we are all trying to create

This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work.

Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective

Yes.

By the simplification-as-collapse theory, good futures, ones worth working for, are by definition going to be too complex to be legible before we’ve actually lived through them. If you tell your story in a powerful, inspiring, coherent way that millions resonate with, and cannot see in what way your story invisibly features degrowth and collapse,... See more

every story is a degrowth story

Ok, I think I see where he’s going. But I think there’s also a possibility of a counter narrative that can re-write the degrowth one in terms of growth.

the peaks of shame and grandiosity

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the past telling us we are bad for not conforming to the safety of rules that no longer apply and the future pulling us toward a state that we know surely must exist somewhere, and we’ve just got to get to it, then we’ll be safe.

All we know is that we aren’t safe now. And all we want to be is safe.

Endowment effect

Valuing an object more, only because you possess it.

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We are emotionally attached to things that we own. It makes sense: There’s an emotional investment in having made the decision, in shifting or cementing your identify as “a person who would have this object,” and how you believe that ownership will be perceived by others.... See more

Jason Cohen • The Serengeti Plain Fallacy: Fallacies that aren't fallacies

This shows how value is an individual quality. In order to purchase something, you have to value it at or above the price.

Paladin saves the world? Degrowth story.

Barbarian masculine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.

Enlightened sexless bureaucracy saves the world? Degrowth story.

Nurturing feminine energy saves the world? Degrowth story.

Unbridled technological acceleration saves the world? Degrowth story.

Unbridled GDP growth saves the world? Degrowth story.

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every story is a degrowth story

These I agree are degrowth stories.

I think the connection he’s making is to the book, so that the loss of complexity in society leaves people feeling lost and unvalued, and that leads to societal collapse.

What if we don’t tie society to complexity?

I don’t want to wait for the world to change.

I want to live it.

How I’m Planning to Defeat Global Ecosystem Collapse (By Living the Alternative)

This is the secret to time travel. You have to be the first one to the be the example that others can follow.

The binge eating and compulsive spending, the perfectionism and procrastination, the ways we habitually go into hiding.

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A lot of this is rooted in societal pressures.

Fire up a blank page with a question in mind, however, and the world becomes grownup Blue’s Clues. You’re reading something or talking to someone and it’s almost as if you see a blue paw print and hear little kids shouting “A clue! A clue!” whenever something you might be able to use appears.

Long Questions/Short Answers

This is a clue!

What we have long called the creator economy is evolving to become more of a “meaning economy,” where the creators and brands and experiences that engage us will do so through story, craft, and a deeper and more sophisticated sense of meaning. The creator economy was ultimately driven by content (enabled by ubiquitous access to content creation and... See more

Meaning is tied to values. Values are scarce.