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Philosopher King

Definition

  • A Philosopher King is a person of overflowing competence
  • A Philosopher King is a person of overflowing wisdom
  • Someone who defines a paradigm
  • Someone who bridges the Heavens and the Earth
  • Someone who is supposed to wield power
  • Someone who will carve a piece of history into a shape of their design
  • A philosopher carves their soul into a shape of their design, a philosopher king carves a shape out of their society

Questions

Axes

  • Rich People
  • Changes conversation like Snowden, the Bolder Analogy
  • Have Theories, Ideologies, or Concept named after them
  • Reputation Markets - Dave
  • Not effected by common ideologies
  • Understands History
  • Can you think without being in a system, can you take a position outside the system of values we have, eg Overton Window
  • You can't be religious per say, but there are people like Thomas Aquinas
  • There is a difference between Ideal Philosopher King and realistic Philosopher King
  • First Principals
  • Understands Emergence, Curates Emergence
  • Ubermensch
  • Aesthetics, It's not about Ideas but their presentation...
  • You need to be a special kind of Retarded to not just KYS, Optimal Mediocrity
  • There is a difference between Execution and Ideas
  • Fundamentally Immoral
    • There are people that can change the fundamental shape of the moral system

Thoughts

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