Jordan's distinction between courage and bravery cuts to something important for governance design — the man who can fight a bear but cannot tell his wife the truth about his weakness is the same man who performs competence in institutional settings while avoiding the interior work that genuine leadership requires. The character void Bonnitta Roy named in your previous conversation and the virtue space Jordan describes here are the same problem viewed from different angles. In other words, we have no selection mechanism that filters for the inner dimension of leadership rather than its external performance. Wisdom-selection is the missing institutional technology.
It is neither the immanent nor the transcendent; it is both, precisely by responding to the other. Consciousness is the consummation of that response — and in that union is the perception of reality. Enjoyed finding your channel! Great conversation. Thank you. Looking forward to following your substack. Give mine a read if possible.
I especially appreciated the thoughts about memory. It brought to mind the way the Orthodox say “May their memory be eternal!” at the death of a loved one.
Jordan's distinction between courage and bravery cuts to something important for governance design — the man who can fight a bear but cannot tell his wife the truth about his weakness is the same man who performs competence in institutional settings while avoiding the interior work that genuine leadership requires. The character void Bonnitta Roy named in your previous conversation and the virtue space Jordan describes here are the same problem viewed from different angles. In other words, we have no selection mechanism that filters for the inner dimension of leadership rather than its external performance. Wisdom-selection is the missing institutional technology.
It is neither the immanent nor the transcendent; it is both, precisely by responding to the other. Consciousness is the consummation of that response — and in that union is the perception of reality. Enjoyed finding your channel! Great conversation. Thank you. Looking forward to following your substack. Give mine a read if possible.
I especially appreciated the thoughts about memory. It brought to mind the way the Orthodox say “May their memory be eternal!” at the death of a loved one.
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Borthodox (big O)