From Mythos to Logos: Meden Agan!

Within Any Given Set of Facts, Care (Relevance) Organizes the Facts (and builds a Hierarchy) in a Narrative/ Story"

from Google AI:

"Meden agan" (nothing in excess) represents the historical shift from myth to reason (logos) by replacing fear of capricious gods with a rational, self-regulated ethical framework. [1] In early Greek myth, breaking boundaries invited divine retribution (nemesis). [1] In the era of logos, moderation became a conscious, human-driven choice for psychological and social harmony. [1] 

The Mythological Roots: Divine Boundaries

• The Delphic Maxims: Inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. [1]
• Divine Warning: Served as a literal reminder to humans that they are not gods. [1]
• Punishing Hubris: Mythical figures like Icarus or Phaethon ignored limits and suffered catastrophic destruction. [1]
• External Enforcement: Cosmic balance was maintained by the gods punishing human overreach. [1]

The Philosophical Shift: Internalized Logos

• Self-Regulation: Shifted the responsibility of balance from the gods to human reason. [1]
• Aristotle’s Golden Mean: Transformed the maxim into a systematic ethical framework where virtue is the middle ground between deficiency and excess. [1]
• Political Harmony: Applied to the Greek city-state (polis) to prevent the extremes of tyranny and anarchy. [1]
• Psychological Health: Framed emotional mastery as a rational necessity for living a good life (eudaimonia). [1]

Desert de Retz: Building a Home Within a Crumbling Folly 

Hans-Georg Moeller: The Paradox of "Care" 

 

"Today, [profile] curation is often reduced to merely displaying care.

But even corporations and politicians can display care.

If there's no true investment involved, how does [profile] curation differ from the care of corporations and politicians?"

-Hans-Georg Moeller

Notes from 1st video:

Myth and Story as Compression Mechanism

- Relevance

- Memory

- Transmission

- Iteration

Mythological Stories Framed by Relevance

- Origin

- Hierarchy

- Etiology (Causes) as Relevance Story (ie Babel/ languages or Icarus-Prometheus/ Technology)

- Morality

(All) Stories are Mythological Stories

- Relevance

- Relatability

- Applicability

- "The Myth that came true"??

- What we call "mythological" stories are the most universal and relevant, the most applicable.

Genesis vs Big Bang

Genesis (Sun/ Primary)(les non dupes errant)(story has no expiration date)

- Includes Relevance

- Is Meta-Scientific

- Frames Beginning in Meaning

- The world as born in consciousness

Big Bang (Moon/ Secondary)(les non dupes)(story with expiration date)

- Mechanical Causes

- Calculation of Physical Forces and Quantities

- Has no Directionality

The structure of the story explains why you care (Relevance) (ie- DNA)

There is no way to analyze a mythological story w/o human care.  There is no "lumina".