what is the mechanism by which the NEED to be good creates evil? well.... it's complicated. bc it actually DOES create more good in the short termhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1389595773071888384 …
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but a need is a desire for certainty and leads to a need for a totalizing framework with which to live byhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1393384779349852162 …
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but the problem of good and evil is THE issue which cannot be subsumed by a framework or algorithm. any attempt to do so and create certainty out of unknown, no matter the virtuous intent or time and effort spent.... is a one way ticket into HELLhttps://thegoodplace.fandom.com/wiki/Chidi_Anagonye …
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thus any moral action must make a few iron-clad assumptions about the world it is these pylons, driven deep into the heart and soul of World, that cause it to bleed. these are the Absolutes that only a sith deals in
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yep. that's the whole explanation. turns out it was not so complicated after all instead of "OK boomer" it is "OK anakin"
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