What Is Identity?
summary
Claims identity is an operating system of the self with consciousness as a pressure system that moves from distance to synchronicity; defines 54 principles (courage, empathy, authenticity, etc.) as daily choice vectors. Describes concrete tools: an IDE pain profiler that records troubleshooting time, an automated FAQ/statistical process control layer, a semantic graph for tagging pain incidents, and an automated Socratic inquiry engine wired to a mentoring robot. Early prototypes are open source; platform rollout targets (team FAQ by June, mentor bot by Nov 2020) are works in progress.
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chapters (39)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:07A collision of metaphors
- 3:21Dreamer Operating System
- 9:28Let's say a friend asks us...
- 9:44Recognition is a Bottom-Up Process
- 9:55Recognition FAILURE
- 10:57Three Different Types of Concepts
- 11:09Base Classes for Thing Patterns
- 11:22Put Things and Containers Together...
- 11:55Direction Metaphors give us Rank
- 13:00Pre-wired to Model the In-Group
- 13:39Pre-wired to Objectify the Out-Group
- 15:33Pre-wired to Extend Identity to Offspring
- 16:08How to Stop Feeling Defensive
- 18:28More Complex Decisions
- 19:03Base Class for Process Patterns
- 19:17What were the challenges on the journey?
- 19:54How do I avoid the PAIN next time?
- 21:38Imagine you're walking down the stairs...
- 22:20Troubleshooting Meta-Loop
- 24:00Consciousness is an On Demand Service
- 24:38What is self-deception?
- 25:04Social Rejection = Violated Prediction
- 25:28How do we Troubleshoot Identity?
- 26:56Fragmentation of the Self
- 29:24"Pressure" of Consciousness
- 30:50C.L.E.A.R. Mindset
- 31:56Shine your Light
- 32:31First Principle Optimize for Joy
- 34:11The Utility of Art
- 35:05Machine: People are Objects Managers
- 35:22Massively Dysfunctional Relationship
- 36:17A Purple World...?
- 37:40Measure your PAIN
- 38:49Transform your PAIN into an Automated FAQ
- 39:31Translate Metrics into a Semantic Graph
- 41:433. Automated Insight
- 42:30Evolve: Purple Organization
- 42:58Paradigm Shift: Machine - Organism
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