Question: Do you have a personal philosophy? And if so, how would you describe it?
Jimmy Wales: I do have a personal philosophy, and it’s very firmly rooted in reason. In other words, I think it’s one of the most important things that we all have as an ethical responsibility is to think really hard, to really focus our minds and try and find out what is true. And that really guides everything that I do. That’s really, really important. And you can see that coming out in my work. Not at all. I’m a complete non-believer. The measure of a good life? That’s a very interesting way of putting it. For me, the measure of a good life is really tied up with productivity – with actually doing something constructive, doing something useful with your time. And for me, that is not a sort of duty to toil. That’s not what I mean by that. It should be fun. It should be exciting. It should be creative. For me, that’s what makes life worth living, is having creativity and productivity, building things that are useful. Yeah, that’s how I look at it.
Recorded On: Aug 10, 2007
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Zachary Wolk on February 2, 2008, 2:33 AM
the concept of some "Objective Truth" negates Subjective Idealism, this only addresses one element of truth. Productivity being an idol is also a counter-productive model for change, we need to stop production until we can figure out how to produce more responsibly.
Zachary Wolk on February 2, 2008, 7:33 AM
the concept of some “Objective Truth” negates Subjective Idealism, this only addresses one element of truth. Productivity being an idol is also a counter-productive model for change, we need to stop production until we can figure out how to produce more responsibly.
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