The real danger, whether we’re talking about food systems, corporations, or AI, isn’t technology without morals. It’s our insistence on locating morality somewhere other than ourselves.
Real self-honesty must exist to some extent for an individual to even contemplate the arena where "good" and "bad" stop working in the SEA of Choices. Lordy, it is easy to default to "I like it = good". If it pleases me, it is good. We've known people who seem reliant on that measure. (In business, that singularity of thought might show up as profit is our measure.)
But beyond that simplicity, self-honesty has its own continuum, often based on how informed I am (like upstream and downstream facts: inputs and consequences that rsise wind chop on the SEA of Choices). And on top of that, if I perceive that I am being honest with myself, that is my reality, and often different from someone wiser or more experienced.
And to hope to calm the SEAsickness, are we vulnerable to reality testing our self honesty?
Yes - self-honesty as a prerequisite for even entering the space where ‘good’ and ‘bad’ stop being useful. And the sea of choices - the more info we allow in (upstream inputs, downstream consequences), the more the water roughens. What once felt like solid moral ground turns into something navigable, but not fixed. But the real work is indeed in balancing the tension of believing we are being honest and remaining open to being shown where our honesty is still partial. Maybe the ‘SEA’sickness isn’t something to eliminate so much as a signal we’re actually paying attention.. even during Superbowl season.. ;)
Real self-honesty must exist to some extent for an individual to even contemplate the arena where "good" and "bad" stop working in the SEA of Choices. Lordy, it is easy to default to "I like it = good". If it pleases me, it is good. We've known people who seem reliant on that measure. (In business, that singularity of thought might show up as profit is our measure.)
But beyond that simplicity, self-honesty has its own continuum, often based on how informed I am (like upstream and downstream facts: inputs and consequences that rsise wind chop on the SEA of Choices). And on top of that, if I perceive that I am being honest with myself, that is my reality, and often different from someone wiser or more experienced.
And to hope to calm the SEAsickness, are we vulnerable to reality testing our self honesty?
Lordy, make my life easier!!
Yes - self-honesty as a prerequisite for even entering the space where ‘good’ and ‘bad’ stop being useful. And the sea of choices - the more info we allow in (upstream inputs, downstream consequences), the more the water roughens. What once felt like solid moral ground turns into something navigable, but not fixed. But the real work is indeed in balancing the tension of believing we are being honest and remaining open to being shown where our honesty is still partial. Maybe the ‘SEA’sickness isn’t something to eliminate so much as a signal we’re actually paying attention.. even during Superbowl season.. ;)