First Principles and First Values

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

By: David J. Temple, Dr. Marc Gafni, Dr. Zak Stein, Ken Wilber

Narrated by: Alex Freeman

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

©2024 David J. Temple (P)2024 David J. Temple

Great stuff...

... but sloppily edited! Literally entire swaths of the book were repeated, given the distinct feeling of déjà vu on occasion. Which is unfortunate because this stuff is not easy to digest, even though they (the authors) do their best to make it accessible. Still worthy of taking in, though.

Clearest sensemaking on Meta-crisis

I am blown away by unusual precision of science and ethics woven into a guide for how to navigate the crisis of humanity. This kind of book is a once in a generation manual for seeing clearly a new way of thinking.

A Place To Stand

This is a wonderful and essential book. Thank you for entering this gem into the source code.

Most important book of all time?

The title says enough. If one lets the implications of this piece really land, there seems to be no choice but to embody and live the ethos into existence in everything one does moving forward.

Clear and profound global narrative

such a clear distillation of the global situation and a cutting look at what can be done to steer from the worst scenarios.
it's rare to get so close to the root of our problems and actually see a way forward!