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Sloww Sunday Newsletter 093 (Jan 23, 2022) — Die With Zero, Game B, Emergence, & More
Happy Sunday!
Here’s the latest from Sloww along with the most interesting things I discovered last week. To respect your time and attention, every newsletter can be read in under 5 minutes. If you enjoy it, please take 5 seconds to forward the email version to some friends and family. 🙏
🌀 Sloww Stuff
🆕 9 Money Rules for Living before Dying: “Die With Zero” by Bill Perkins (Book Summary)
This book is based on the premise that “the whole point of money is to have experiences” and “the business of life is the acquisition of memories.” In a nutshell, money spent on experiences gives you memories which you can enjoy forever through “memory dividends.” If you agree with that premise, you’ll like the book! Personally, I don’t really agree with the premise because I don’t think that’s the point of money or how memory works. If you’re a Premium member, I’ve shared my personal thoughts in the Sloww Society community.
💰 For my perspective on money, check out:
· Money Mind Manifesto: Master Your Mind from the Mental Disease of More Money
· 🔒 My Evolving Relationship toward the “Money Middle Way”
🌎 Modern Knowledge
An Initiation to Game B
18 mins | YouTube
Have you heard of “Game B” (also written GameB or Game~B)? If not, the intro film linked above is for you. If it piques your interest, also check out the film’s website and go further with this Game B dialogos between a few of the big names in the space: Jim Rutt, Jordan Hall, Tyson Yunkaporta, and Daniel Schmachtenberger.
Pair with: 8 Profound Podcasts Introducing the Meaning Crisis, Sensemaking, & Game B
“So what is GameB? First, it is not ‘GameA’ — the Western Civilization status quo. That’s a good start for those of us who find the status quo a grim place that seems headed for self-destruction. GameB is conceived of ‘What Comes Next’, the social operating system that replaces GameA … In short, the goal of GameB is a metastable society emphasizing human wellbeing built on good values that we will be happy to call home and we will be proud to leave to our descendants.” — Jim Rutt
☯️ Timeless Wisdom
Reality is in the Nervous System — Alan Watts
3 mins | YouTube
A small dose of Watts. In this short video, Watts describes two ways of looking at the same thing.
Pair with: 35+ Alan Watts Quotes on the Meaning of Life, Knowing Yourself, Slowing Down, & More
“Your neurological organization is creating the external world. There is no such thing as light, weight, heat, color, shape—except in terms of the nervous system. From that point of view, you can see your nervous system as evoking the whole universe.” — Alan Watts
🤯 Mind Expanding
Consciousness, Idealism, and Computation — Joscha Bach & John Vervaeke
3 hrs | TOE with Curt Jaimungal (YouTube)
This conversation is the definition of mind-blowing and covers a ton of ground on: consciousness, sentience, mind, self, qualia, dualism, skepticism, solipsism, ontology, physics, meaning, and more!
💡 New Learning
Emergence & Emergentism
Wikipedia
· Emergence occurs when an entity has properties/behaviors its parts do not have on their own—which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole. Seen in nature, philosophy, systems theory, science, and art.
· Emergentism is the belief in emergence (in philosophy), particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind (Ex: laws of chemistry emerge from a few laws of physics, biology from chemistry, psychology from biology).
💭 Deep Thought
Life is not being vs doing, or being vs becoming. Life is being, doing, and becoming.
Daniel Schmachtenberger says this is a simple distillation of everything he has learned regarding how to live a meaningful human life:
- Being: appreciate, take in, and enjoy the beauty of life fully.
- Doing: add to the beauty of life (protecting and/or creating beauty).
- Becoming: develop and deepen your capacities to experience the beauty of life (Being) and add to it (Doing).
“Being influences Doing. Doing affects how we are changing and Becoming. Becoming is in turn changing the integrated state of who we are (Being).” — Daniel Schmachtenberger
Pair with: 🔒 Daniel Schmachtenberger Synthesis: How to Think Holistically about Civilization
💬 Wise Words
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
— Bashō
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Have a wise week!
Kyle Kowalski
Synthesizer & Solopreneur, Sloww
