O.G. Rose | 4. Belonging Again II.1 (Book 1, Chapter I, Section 4) by O.G. Rose (Live Audio) @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
We have inquired into "How anyone might leave Plato's Cave on their own?" and "How someone might be a Child?" We then associated these questions with "How might someone be persuadable?" which is critical because once people refuse to be persuaded there is nothing that can necessarily be done to change them (as Plato might have understood better than us, hence his skepticism of democracy). Here, we will associate these questions with another question that came up in a wonderful Voicecraft session, thanks to Josh Field, where he asked one of the most important questions in the world. Tim Adalin asked a corollary, and I think both questions are strongly tied to the mysterious question: "How does anyone leave Plato's Cave on their own?" (which leads to "intrinsic motivation"). The questions:
"How is it that people come to understand that it's truly important to understand what is truly important?"
"How do people come to understand the importance of understanding?"
Turning to theology, I think this question is similar to the Christian question, "How does someone know they need to believe in God?" Do people on their own come to understand they need faith, or is it only by God's grace and "call" for us that we realize our need? Humility seems a good place to start, for if we aren't "epistemically humble," that basically means we think we already know what needs to be known, and if that happens to not be "what matters," then it seems practically impossible that we would be "shaken awake" into realizing the error of our ways. Considering that it is highly unlikely we will naturally "know what matters," I think it is very safe to say that the first thing we need to answer Field's question is epistemic humility. Otherwise, it will not be possible for us to "move" from what we "think matters" naturally to what "actually matters" - but that just moves our question to "How might everyone be humble?" Indeed, we might adjust our question and reframe it a few ways as we advance.
Find on Amazon today:
amazon.com/Belonging-Again-Address-Part-II-1-ebook/dp/B0D1PN8VG4?ref_=ast_author_mpb
For the full list of II.1 entries, please see:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/list/belonging-again-part-ii1-by-og-rose-9787b7ecc50d
We have inquired into "How anyone might leave Plato's Cave on their own?" and "How someone might be a Child?" We then associated these questions with "How might someone be persuadable?" which is critical because once people refuse to be persuaded there is nothing that can necessarily be done to change them (as Plato might have understood better than us, hence his skepticism of democracy). Here, we will associate these questions with another question that came up in a wonderful Voicecraft session, thanks to Josh Field, where he asked one of the most important questions in the world. Tim Adalin asked a corollary, and I think both questions are strongly tied to the mysterious question: "How does anyone leave Plato's Cave on their own?" (which leads to "intrinsic motivation"). The questions:
"How is it that people come to understand that it's truly important to understand what is truly important?"
"How do people come to understand the importance of understanding?"
Turning to theology, I think this question is similar to the Christian question, "How does someone know they need to believe in God?" Do people on their own come to understand they need faith, or is it only by God's grace and "call" for us that we realize our need? Humility seems a good place to start, for if we aren't "epistemically humble," that basically means we think we already know what needs to be known, and if that happens to not be "what matters," then it seems practically impossible that we would be "shaken awake" into realizing the error of our ways. Considering that it is highly unlikely we will naturally "know what matters," I think it is very safe to say that the first thing we need to answer Field's question is epistemic humility. Otherwise, it will not be possible for us to "move" from what we "think matters" naturally to what "actually matters" - but that just moves our question to "How might everyone be humble?" Indeed, we might adjust our question and reframe it a few ways as we advance.
Find on Amazon today:
amazon.com/Belonging-Again-Address-Part-II-1-ebook/dp/B0D1PN8VG4?ref_=ast_author_mpb
For the full list of II.1 entries, please see:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/list/belonging-again-part-ii1-by-og-rose-9787b7ecc50d
