13-9a1 A value scale consists of goods with which the individual is familiar—the good will not be on the value scale if the individual does not know about that good

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• 13-9a2 Indifference cannot be a basis for action—the choice could not be meaningfully revealed in action

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• On value scales and knowledge
  • 9-1a1 People who converge upon the truth converge with each other
  • 13-6a1 Without knowledge, self-identity is no stronger than the identity between any two people
  • 13-6a2 Knowledge keeps you the same, from the perspective of exhibited value scales
  • 13-6c1 The action axiom meaningfully implies corresponding value scales only when the action is mediated via corresponding knowledge
• What makes one’s value scale elaborate is one’s knowledge
  • 9-4b2a1b Build the Idea Maze - Explain the history around an idea, and why yours is a good one. Virtually render the history of the evolution of that idea.
  • 9-4c Someone who never writes has no fully formed ideas about anything nontrivial
• Edge is in knowledge
  • 7-1b2 You can solve problems others have inexplicitly or unconsciously
  • 7-1b3 You can solve problems others will have but don’t have yet