The Open Question April 8: How do you determine what something's worth? Hey y'all!

This week's open question: How do you determine what something's worth?

SpaceX is targeting a valuation of $1.75 trillion. Bhutan measures success by happiness instead of GDP. Close friends of mine are weighing career ambitions against time with their kids... all of this has me want to think more deeply about how we determine value, and how we as individual people relate to the increasingly diverse and surprising answers to these questions.

• Is it purely subjective? cultural? objective? Something else?
• How much of your psychological need to feel worthwhile do you project out onto the world in the form of desire or judgement of valuations?
• How do you choose how to spend your free time? (and what does this reveal about what you determine is worthy?)
• Are markets intelligent? There's that famous line "In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine."
• What's the most important thing in your life that you'd have a hard time putting a price on? (Are you offended if others put a price on it?)
• What does a great society look like that can hold different definitions to this together, while still being coherent?

Love to hear y'all's thoughts

#openquestion 

Wonder Man Disney+ Series. I binged this show over the weekend. I enjoyed it. Of course, one my myriad interests is acting and the show leaned heavily on that topic. I'm still working out how I feel about it in regards to the superhero genre. 

Have any of you watched it? What were your thoughts?

What outcome do you hope for? I was on a call for the last hour talking with a friend about supporting a vision he has. 

At the end of the call, he asked "what are you hoping to get out of this?"

I found the question really hard to answer in a way that makes any sense at all.

My answer to the questions comes in feelings, images, and body sensations. I see a bowl overflowing, I feel a magnetic pull, I experience a sense of duty, I follow synchronicities, I release and this is what came to me. One of my purposes in this life is to bring people together, especially really smart people. I don't have a goal, and if I did, I am sure it would change. I want to be of service to a vision of the best future possible.

I'm after the experience. My vision will fill out along the way. 

When I can't frame the answer in an intelligible way, it causes doubt- maybe this isn't right? Maybe my intuition would have a clearer answer if this were the right path. Maybe I'm cutoff from what outcomes I hope for and need to work on getting more in touch with my desires. Am I too scared to name a desired outcome for fear of being letdown if it doesn't come true?

But I want to try on that the question may just be the wrong question for me. Or that my answer to the question isn't going to sound like what I've heard from other people. 

Sharing here, and open to others experience of answering this question. How do you know what you want? 

And if you know me, happy to hear your perspective on my specific psychology or what you think is going on 🤔

What is the 'Metacrisis' and How Do We Solve It? (AMA). Rewatch the live AMA conversation with Layman Pascal 

I think Lalo, from Better Call Saul, is the only deeply embodied villain I've ever seen portrayed on television. He's embodied in both the sense that he has strong physical energy in every scene, and also importantly the way the character seems to navigate the world through intelligent, but 'non-conscious' actions. He's like, a Taoist hero.

It sharply contrasts him with the other villain, Gus, who is a cerebral planner thinking everything through. This difference goes hand in hand with their conflict. I thought both actors portrayed their roles and their mindsets magnificently; here's a great analysis of the subtle ways that Tony Dalton brought that to the role https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddXnhoQ1I-4&ab_channel=JustanObservation

#quicktakes

How are so many high budget movies so bad? . (Eg all DC movies and most Phase 4 & 5 Marvel movies)

#quicktakes 

What are your sci-fi TV show recommendations? Some i loved that jump to mind:

• The Expanse
• Most of the Marvel stuff like Loki, What If?
• Rick and Morty
• Legends of Tomorrow Etc

What are your sci-fi TV show recommendations? Some i loved that jump to mind:

• The Expanse
• Most of the Marvel stuff like Loki, What If?
• Rick and Morty
• Legends of Tomorrow Etc

What are your sci-fi TV show recommendations? Some i loved that jump to mind:

• The Expanse
• Most of the Marvel stuff like Loki, What If?
• Rick and Morty
• Legends of Tomorrow Etc