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Thanks for making this video Gregg,

This is definitely one of the best systems out there for describing a general theory of human values.

My only concern is the same concern I have with almost everything in Psychology,

which is that when laypeople see this, they are likely to wonder where they land on the chart, as if their own self was a fixed atomic entity (or one wishes that were so in order to be ones own sovereign).

I don’t know if it’s our culture, or a more universal feature of Homo sapiens, to be interested in objectifying one’s own self, in-forming an identity that one can cherish and preserve, reference within one’s mind for the sake of presumed self-augmentation... even though history teaches us the opposite - identity makes us weak, triggered, overly personal, envious, pride, capable of fictional losses that wouldn’t matter from our original state.

It’s clear to me that I can potentially run around the entire matrix in single day, depending on who I spend time with, and what parts of me are brought forth or triggered in the interaction.

Thanks for taking the time to read this,

On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 12:43 PM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi Folks,

There has been some discussion about empirical research and the unified theory. This is an area that fascinates me. I have long been interested in research and was socialized into empirical research programs in undergrad. I still find research hugely important. At the same time, I both have a talent and see a need for the descriptive metaphysical-metatheoretical work that is the focus of the UTOK.

Some might be interested to know that I have done some research on the UTOK. Here is a slide show that summarizes a series of presentations we did examining the scale we developed for the Influence Matrix:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/135QIYfFHYyFuUQThvtlnlysbrny9yn2l/view?usp=sharing

If you want to fly through the slides, there are here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/135QIYfFHYyFuUQThvtlnlysbrny9yn2l/view?usp=sharing

Best,

Gregg

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