As Alan Watts often said, the game must be worth the candle.

-Nik

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 5:07 PM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi TOK List,
>
>   Had not heard a Daniel Schmachtenberger in a while and heard the first
> 40 minutes of this today on my walk
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Ddb-2DXn2gzGxU&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=uwu_vhKDt_vWuJaSNixLc9jlwr1bT83cJMGVzzgBNuk&s=aJGJ7BZW5BHy_wQVAnyxeo4pMYpnViQ27rLr2BSGGJ4&e= >. I definitely enjoy the way
> he thinks.
>
>
>
>   I encourage folks to listen to the first 18 or so minutes. It starts
> with some reflections on the nature of education and childrearing that I
> think line up closely with what we heard Prof Darcia Narvaez discuss on
> Monday.
>
>
>
>   Then the interviewer asks Daniel about his ultimate values and tries to
> engage in a force choice question between optimizing for length of survival
> versus happiness. The exchange that follows is worthwhile if you want to
> understand both what I am doing with the Nested Model of Well-being, as
> well as my “big three ultimate values” of dignity, well-being and
> integrity. If anyone wants specifics, I can elaborate, but the short answer
> is that there is a way to develop “ultimate justifications” but as Daniel
> rightfully notes, it is complex (and not just complicated 😊).
>
>
> Best,
> Gregg
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