From: Joi Ito cal > To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:31:54 +0000 I kind of feel like each "context" is a different fitness landscape or function and that we live in multiple and conflicting fitness landscapes - sort of like parallel universes or different sets of forces at different scales. The other part is probably the unit of "groupness" that you sometimes talk about - tribe, individual, species, etc. Each of these fitness landscapes push us to search for a more optimal position - power, fun, comfort, energy, food, reproduction, security. These seem like the different forces or "purposes" that drive us. This isn't exactly, right but I feel it's something like this. Talking about your "languages" - I think that different people might care more about different dimensions of their fitness (maybe this isn't the right word) and the diversity and the weight of your existence on certain dimensions is a strong part of your character and also your ability to influence those on that dimensions (maybe the idea of local currencies is a better way to describe this and maybe you can boil down to power/money as you point out, but I'm not sure...) Neri got tied up with a student's thesis review... "meaning"... maybe. Great talking to you. Fun that Tenzin gets a lot out of these conversations as I do. - Joi > On Sep 5, 2016, at 6:15 AM, Jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: > If I ask what is beethovens fifth symphony, ? it needs context. ? piece of music? music in three parts. music in c minor.. the Ai minus 1 . was to pose good questions. they also need to be well posed. . what is your pupose today? main purpose.? goal.? what processes will you be using.? do you think you have true control over that purpose or even that answer.. you might first ask, why have a purpose? if im ill, I might say my purpose is to get better.. if im cold , my purpose would be to get warm.. its a system question. is it my men