The Architecture of Quality | The Mike Hill Series | Episode 2 (WiM107)

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 The Metaphysical Lens of Subject-Object Duality 00:02:08 Quality: The Pre-Intellectual Cutting Edge of Reality 00:04:30 Western Rationalism and Eastern Mysticism 00:07:36 “The Master and His Emissary” 00:08:57 Totalitarianism: Left Hemispheric Dominance Writ Large 00:10:20 Systemic Change Requires A New Rationality 00:12:57 Dynamic Quality and the Four Levels of Static Quality 00:16:56 The Co-Determination of Agent and Arena Identities 00:19:12 The Etymology of “God” 00:20:17 Subject-Object Duality as Lower Resolution Static Quality 00:24:13 Dynamic Quality: Awareness, The Flow State, and Observation 00:27:09 Iconoclasm and The Overton Window 00:29:26 The Emergence of Static Patterns of Value 00:33:17 Purposeful Action vs. Reflexive Behavior 00:36:28 The Phase Transitions through Four Levels of Static Quality 00:40:09 The Teleological Goal of Evolution? 00:41:54 NYDIG 00:43:03 The Dynamic Quality Perspective on Good vs. Evil 00:47:34 Pain: “The Inarguable Basis of Being” and “Information” 00:51:07 Transjectivity: The Transcendence of Subject-Object Duality 00:57:21 Quality, Value, Excellence, and Values: All Transjective Terms 01:02:45 “All Language is a Lie”: The Importance of Useful Fictions 01:05:01 Fractal Truth, Archetypal Mythologies, and Data Compression 01:10:07 “The Laws of Nature are Moral Laws” 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 Buy Your Dream Home without Selling Your Bitcoin with Ledn: https://ledn.io/en/?utm_source=breedlove&utm_medium=email+&utm_campaign=substack