Brendan Graham Dempsey | Metamodern Spirituality | Transhumanism, Emergentism, and Normativity (w/ Raymond de Oliveira) @BrendanGrahamDempsey | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Raymond de Oliveira joins Brendan to discuss the value in the Universe, whether it emerges from the logic of reality itself or is arbitrarily chosen, whether existence is inherently of value, nihilism and Buddhism, the QRI grand narrative of replicators vs. consciousness, the role of suffering in wisdom, and the "Three Realms" of conscious experience.

0:00 Introduction
1:43 From Is to Ought?
9:17 Is Life a Net Negative? Utilitarianism, Gnosticism, Transhumanism
22:30 Dual-Aspect Monism and Suffering
25:52 Is Consciousness Worth It?
31:00 Teleology and Agency
32:58 Fighting a Meme War against Potential Gods
36:50 Values and Vows
40:03 The Law of Choice
42:36 Is Wisdom Earned by Suffering?
Nihilism and the Truth of Silenus?