The Universality of Value | The Mike Hill Series | Episode 1 (WiM103)

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 Introduction to “Lila: An Inquiry into Morals” 00:04:47 A Background Pirsig’s Old Book: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” 00:06:20 “What is Quality?”: The Problem of Subject-Object Duality 00:07:45 Metaphysics: The High-Country of the Mind 00:09:41 The Many Dimensions of Value 00:10:57 The Participatory Anthropic Principle 00:13:29 Background on the Author: Robert Pirsig 00:17:59 The Paradoxical Pursuit of “Value-Free Science” 00:24:34 The Possibilities of a Metaphysical Revolution 00:28:25 NYDIG 00:29:33 The Consequences of Aristotelian Subject-Object Metaphysics 00:33:56 Nihilism Arises from Both Zero and Infinite Interpretations of Truth 00:36:26 The Catch-22 of Subject-Object Metaphysics 00:41:20 Causation and Substance: Aristotle’s Grand Metaphysical Illusion 00:46:15 Empiricism Saws Off the Branch On Which it Sits 00:50:53 Causality as a Useful Psychotechnology 00:52:04 The Illusion of Substance 00:55:11 Substance as a “Stable Inorganic Pattern of Value” 00:57:35 Swapping Out “A Causes B” for “B Values Precondition A” 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/ Home Delivered Organic Grass-Fed Beef (Spend $159+ for 4 lbs. free): https://truorganicbeef.com/discount/BREEDLOVE22