Towards an Architectonic for 2022

I wrote the original architectonic to provide some organization and structure to my philosophical beliefs and the amount of concepts and material I had been imbibing at the time. A much improved and updated (but also incomplete) version exists here.

There is also a grander goal of this outline, this Architectonic, along with several other writings and documents to serve as a personal blueprint for a successful, virtuous and hopefully satisfying life. I hope to accomplish this with total clarity.

The following objectives may be pursued:

• Finally consolidating my thoughts on aesthetics and value
• Organizing the skill topics in a logical order of attainment, thereby allowing a sense of progress and mastery
• Writing a paragraph of text on each topic, super topic and skill topic
• Expanding that writing into a page long explanation, then possibly to essay length discussion
• Provide a list of skills, ie educational achievements and tools required to achieve attainment for each skill topic

Updates:

1. Organized topics into supersets

The Architectonic...

This is as far as I've gotten. Other things to include:

• time
  - life/death
• Value Stuff
  - nichomacean concepts: Thriving and Flourishing
  - Self-Talk/Self Narrative/Self Story
  - Trust/Safety/Security
  - RELAXATION: how? and does it belong here somewhere?
  - Acknowledging What You Can Do Well
  - Approving of Yourself Regardless the circumstances
  - Balancing the ideal perfect self with the actual self, the obtainable
  - Gratitude
  - Hope
  - Presence
  - Redemption
  - Dharma
  - Confidence (both in skillset and self as object)
  - Sadness
  - Cheer
  - Wonder
  - Sublime
  - Care
  - Joy
  - Acceptance
  - Self-Esteem
  * self-respect
  + recognition: dignity, agency, individuality, equality
  + evaluative: standards, boundaries, appraisal
  * self-assuredness
  + personal identity: beliefs, values, boundaries
  + self-awareness: feelings, reasoning
  + self-trust: ability/credibility, strength, reliability (mind and body)
  - Self-Appraisal
  * moral worth
  + good
  + legitimacy
  * objective worth
  + value/utilitarian
  + aesthetic
  - Ego
  - Impermanence, Attachment, Suffering
  Convention
  - Scientific Advancement (Superseded Scientific Knowledge)
  - Efficiency (Outdated Process and Tooling)
  - Old Habits (The Way We've Always Done Things)
• Aesthetics
  - Art
  - History
  - Taste
  - Desire
  - Beauty
  - Narrative
  - Personal Brand
  - Reputation
  - Advertising / Symbolism
  - Passage of Time: day, season, year, life, family, civilization, geological, galactic
  - Rights of Passage / Demarcations of life events
• Other selves; other minds
  - Treat others as ends not means
  - Develop Long Term Relationships
  - Empathy
  - Inclusiveness
  - Validation
  - Connection
  + Likability
  + Connection
  - Rhetoric
  + Language
  + Speaking Ability
  + Storytelling
  + Humor, Jokes
  + Persuasion
  + Negotiation
  + Conflict Resolution

  - Media Literacy
  - Shared Human Condition
  - Friendliness
  - Live to help others, not yourself.
  - Benevolence
  - Honesty
  - Love
  - Friendship
  - Sexuality
  - Selfless-nes / Giving
  - The Greater Cause / Living Outside Yourself
  - Not Having Expectations of Things or People
  * Mercy
  + forgiveness
  + kindness
  + benevolence
  + generosity

• Society
  - Service to others / charity / selflessness
  - Care, Hospitality
  - Relationship between government and society
  - Citizenship (Relationship between government and self)
  - Relationship between society and self
  - Also Family
  - Other groups: fraternities, clubs, organizations, churches, neighborhoods, communities/towns/cities
  - Political systems, political science
  - Economics
  - Politics and Justice
  - Philosophy of Law
  - Teaching
  - Leadership
• What I Don't Know I Don't Know

I've created a map of the tree: