The 11th challenge defends #concupiscere which is the Latin term for a disrespected aspect of human nature; one that explains why ending poverty should not be feared. This is the element that people see as corrupting; it is not. It’s essential. #ConcupiscereServat
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2️⃣0️⃣ #Concupiscere is motivational desire — the drive that causes valuing and creation.
Through valuing, investing, and participating, the subjective becomes objective, and wealth grows more real.
In every exchange, civilization discovers what it values and can reinvest it in its continuation.
1️⃣7️⃣ A #UBI is an amplifier of civilization’s capacity to realize value.
It creates mental space for every individual to accept their #concupiscere, formulate value, and contribute to objectivization, strengthening the flow of information within the distributed network of the economy. #UniversalWealth
1️⃣5️⃣ #Civilization harbors an enduring positive feedback loop of value realization across time.
The past provides guidance and inheritance; the future shapes the present through investment in expected returns.
#Concupiscere provides drive—transforming memory and anticipation into action and growth.
1️⃣3️⃣ Every #investment is an act of confidence, informed by the exponential growth of value since the advent of industrialization—and by trust in the future’s ability to continue it.
It is #concupiscere extended forward, desire trusting the future to refine and return its worth.
#Growth #economics
1️⃣1️⃣ Growth as Value Amplification
#Growth comes with economizing—from finding ways to draw more objectivized value from less resource use.
Each connection multiplies potential, each innovation expands opportunity.
Civilization grows when concupiscere compounds.
#Concupiscere #Economics #Metaphysics
3️⃣ The Individual as the Origin of Value
Value begins with the individual.
Each act of valuation is a personal judgment of worth, shaped by one’s own needs, knowledge, and aims.
In that act, identity becomes cause.
#ValueRealization #Concupiscere #FreeWillInAction #UniversalWealth
2️⃣ From Desire to Meaning
Concupiscere—motivational desire rooted in our humanity—is the motive force of value.
It animates greed, lust, ambition, and all striving.
Freed from coercion or privation, these become enrichment:
the movement of desire into value, of will into meaning.
#Concupiscere
1️⃣ The Origin of Value
Concupiscere — motivational desire — is the beginning of all value.
When allowed, the act of valuing itself fuels creation.
Value isn’t born of scarcity but of attention:
what we value becomes what we build.
#ValueRealization #Concupiscere #FreeWillInAction #UniversalWealth
🌈 Bi Visibility Day 🌈
We’re the largest part of LGBTQ+, yet often unseen.
Visibility is support: the space to be, to love, to desire without constraint.
Concupiscere reminds us joy + longing spark growth. I honor that spark in us all.
#BiVisibilityDay #Concupiscere #HappinessMatters #LGBTQ #Pride
🍂 Today is the autumnal equinox—equal day and night.
It reminds us freedom is found in the order on the edge of chaos. Like the seasons, autonomy thrives in transition—in the ability to adapt, create, and turn change into opportunity.
#AutumnEquinox #FreeWillInAction #Concupiscere #BrightSpots
I’m in transition.
I shared my first preprint, and now I pivot back to Beyond Survival expansion.
The in-between can feel like drift—yet it’s also concupiscere at work: desire shaping what comes next.
Waiting isn’t wasted. It’s the breath before the leap.
#MondayMotivation #Concupiscere #writersky
🌈 Bisexuality Awareness Week 🌈 9/16-9/23
Bisexuals are the majority of LGBTQ+ — nearly 1 in 10 Americans. Often overlooked, but we’re here, and we’re many. In a time of backlash, we lend our numbers in support of the community.
#bisexualityawarenessweek #LGBTQ #Pride #concupiscere #HappinessMatters
My preprint is on SocArXiv:
Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the U.S.
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3 years of research & writing. Whatever happens with peer review, here’s the idea.
#Preprint #SocArXiv #UBI #PhilosophyOfEconomics #Concupiscere
Evil doesn’t begin in desire.
It begins in fear, hate, and wrath.
The cure isn’t restraint; it’s joy.
Concupiscere is not corruption.
It’s hope.
The pursuit of happiness is how we heal.
#Concupiscere #FreeWillInAction #Philosophy
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When life feels chaotic, remember: chaos can be raw material, not ruin. Name what you can control. Anchor it in one small action today. Let the rest swirl and feed your growth in ways you can’t yet see. #MondayMotivation #Nomodynamy #FreeWillInAction #Concupiscere #HailEris #GrowthMindset
3️⃣ #Nomodynamy: “The power of law (nomos) should be actualized solely to enhance individual capability (dynamis).” It’s not law against chaos. It’s law at the edge of chaos. It’s a framework that fuels freedom, growth, and spontaneous order. #Concupiscere #EdgeOfChaos #SpontaneousOrder
The 11th challenge defends #concupiscere which is the Latin term for a disrespected aspect of human nature; one that explains why ending poverty should not be feared. This is the element that people see as corrupting; it is not. It’s essential. #ConcupiscereServat
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You don’t have to bloom today.
Just root a little deeper.
The best growth isn’t always visible—it’s resilience, stability, and readiness.
When struggle hits, be gentle with yourself.
Orient toward joy, even if it feels far.
Growth begins unseen.
#MondayMotivation #Concupiscere #FreeWillInAction
If you feel weak today, you’re not alone.
Doing anything is doing everything now.
This is beyond just survival; we passed that seven generations ago.
Civilization still fumbles forward.
You are enriching.
You are becoming.
#MondayMotivation #KeepGoing #YouMatter #ObjectiveCompassion #concupiscere
Constraints aren’t roadblocks—they’re the banks that give the river its force. The first step toward growth is realizing the limits around you are the tools you’ll shape your future with. #MondayMotivation #CreativeAutonomy #Concupiscere #FreeWill #philosophy #growthmindset
2️⃣0️⃣ The real event isn’t the pointing.
It’s the gaze…
Rising at last…
Toward the sky.
Toward understanding.
Toward all that waits beneath and beyond it.
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#Nomodynamy #Extropian #AnthropicPrinciple #ObjectiveCompassion #Concupiscere #UBI #HomoSapiensLongevus
1️⃣6️⃣ Our job isn’t to force realization. Or impose awareness from outside. Our job is to prepare for the clearing sky. To build the conditions. To keep pointing. So that when the moment arrives… Someone else can also look up. #Growth #ObjectiveCompassion #Nomodynamy #Agency #Concupiscere
1️⃣5️⃣ If poverty blocks the sky… If bad law clouds the horizon… If despair dulls motivation… Then fewer look up. Fewer discover the moon. Slower solving of the great challenges. Agency shrinks when survival is in question. #EndingPoverty #ObjectiveCompassion #Nomodynamy #Concupiscere #FreeWill #Growth
1️⃣2️⃣ The deeper lesson:
Existence itself required the right conditions…
At the right time…
In just the right sequence.
Just like wisdom.
Discovery happens when constraints and opportunity align.
#ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWill #Nomodynamy #Concupiscere #Emergence
8️⃣ And here’s the deeper truth:
Without motivation…
No one looks up.
No amount of pointing
Can force someone’s gaze skyward.
Agency begins with desire.
And desire awakens when conditions allow.
#Concupiscere #ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWill #Growth #Agency
5️⃣ And when the discovery finally happens… It’s never really about the pointing. It’s about the gaze— Rising at last— Toward the sky. Toward possibility. Toward understanding. That moment belongs entirely to the seeker. And it changes everything after. #FreeWill #Growth #Concupiscere #Emergence
On Pointing at the Moon: Wisdom, Existence, and Our Shared Horizon 1️⃣ Some lessons can’t be given. They can only be found. This is about why wisdom needs both conditions and desire— And why our ability to thrive, grow, and shape the future depends on the same. #Concupiscere #Nomodynamy
But I want to get back to my 20-post explainer challenge. This will be my 15th series in my effort to reach 20 series of 20 posts. This one’s a little different. It’s an explainer… on wisdom itself. #20PostChallenge #Philosophy #Wisdom #Growth #ObjectiveCompassion #Concupiscere
The ethic of the future isn’t sacrifice. It’s stewardship. Objective compassion sees desire as signal—not sin. It invests in agency, not dependency. When people are free to grow, the world grows with them. #ObjectiveCompassion #Philosophy #Nomodynamy #FutureThinking #ethics #Concupiscere
