Evil as the Cost of Creation | The Mike Hill Series | Episode 7 (WiM148)

Mike Hill joins for me for a multi-episode exploration of the masterful book “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals” written by best-selling author Robert Pirsig. This book may be one of the most undervalued ever written, as it proposes an alternative interpretation of reality that Pirsig calls “The Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ). According to MOQ, reality is not made up of substance, but rather it is composed of distinct patterns of value. In a Copernican-like revolution of perspective, MOQ sheds new light on age-old debates such as moral relativism, the nature of subject-object duality, good vs. evil, science vs. religion, the importance of freedom, and the primacy of action. Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/ GUEST Mike’s Website: https://www.mikehill.design/ PODCAST Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1 RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Transcript: OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:08 Metaphysical Combat and Moralistic Camouflage 00:06:31 Individuals as the Cells of Metaphysical Combatants 00:10:35 Microbiology: The Scapegoat for Modern Global Tyranny 00:16:40 The Adaptation of the Metaphysical Moral Parasite… 00:19:00 Sun Tzu and Geopolitical Mergers and Acquisitions 00:20:30 What Forces are at Work in the Battle Between Good and Evil? 00:25:51 The Mythological Struggle Between Ego and Spirit 00:28:14 The Parallel Between Film Directors and Serial Killers 00:33:47 “It’s Better to be a Warrior in a Garden than a Gardener in a War” 00:35:50 NYDIG 00:33:23 The Search for the Source of Evil… 00:40:08 Evil as the Cost of Creation 00:45:50 Evil as “Working Backward”: Valuing Lower Level Layers Above Higher 00:50:26 Eros, Filia, and Agape: The Three Types of Love Seen Through the MoQ Stack 00:54:20 Those Pursuing the Highest Ideal Run the Risks of Great Personal Loss 00:59:05 The Three Creative Principles: Freedom, Truth, and Love 01:02:00 An MoQ Mapping of Archetypes, The Brain, and the Three Types of Love 01:08:43 Money, Metaphysics, and Metaphors SOCIAL Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=en All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​ WRITTEN WORK Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528 The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/ Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinconference/events/bitcoin-2022-26217 Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/ Buy Bitcoin in a Tax-Advantaged Account: https://www.daim.io/robert-breedlove/ Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack