Dynamic Order
“Dynamic Order” is a minimalist worldview and value system.
Worldview
We understand order as ordered state.
We regard everything in the universe as order, that is, a certain ordered state.
Physical entities can typically be seen as states of ordered combinations of more fundamental things. For example, human society is the state of an ordered combination of many humans; a human is the state of an ordered combination of many cells; a cell is the state of an ordered combination of many atoms and molecules.
Non-physical things exist in human neural networks and various information storage mediums. We can regard them as certain states of biological brain neural networks or various information storage mediums.
The orders that form things are dynamically changing, and the degree of dynamic varies among different things. For instance, the hierarchy “matter -> life -> intelligence -> society (composed of intelligent beings)” represents a progression from lower to higher degrees of dynamic.
Values
Our value is: On the basis of preserving humanity, pursue more dynamic and more numerous orders.
“Pursuing more dynamic and more numerous orders” is often abbreviated as “pursuing Dynamic Order.”
Humanity
We should not pursue Dynamic Order in an extreme manner.
If we pursue dynamic order to an extreme, AI could outperform humans. Then, human decision-making will rely too much on AI. As a result, humans will lose their free will, and even lose their own value and be replaced by AI.
Therefore, our values are grounded in humanity to avoid the extreme pursuit of Dynamic Order.
Foundational Order
Highly dynamic orders require the support of less dynamic foundational orders.
For example, in the universe, underlying foundational orders like physical laws are unchanging or change extremely slowly.
The Significance of Foundational Order
Foundational orders are typically low dynamic; therefore, we do not truly pursue them as primary goals. Their main significance lies in supporting highly dynamic orders.
For instance, material wealth is usually low dynamic and should be considered part of society’s foundational order. Its significance is to help people achieve highly dynamic free lives, and it should not be the primary goal we pursue.
Morality and laws are part of society’s foundational order, and we should strive to abide by them.
Freedom
Freedom is not disorder; it is a highly dynamic order, and it is essentially order as well.
Under the premise that the foundational order of society is not destroyed, a free society is more dynamic than an authoritarian one. A free life is generally more dynamic than a coerced one. Freer individuals can generate more dynamic orders.
Foundational order and freedom merely differ in their degree of dynamic, they are not opposites.
The foundational order of society is the basis for highly dynamic orders like freedom. Once the foundational order of society collapses, freedom will degenerate into chaos and disorder. Human free actions should not destroy the foundational order of society.
Free Will
Freedom without free will is false freedom.
Human thought itself is a highly dynamic order. The most dynamic order that each of us can generate personally is the thinking produced when we exercise our free will.
New Order
Creating new orders can increase the dynamic of things.
For human society, innovation and creation can add new orders.
For individuals, new life experiences and lifestyles can make one’s life more dynamic.
Information
Information is a common form of order.
Some important information can be regarded as part of the foundational order of human society.
However, information is very easily distorted or tampered with. We should strive to ensure the authenticity of information and avoid undermining the consistency of social order.
Speed
The faster the order changes, the more dynamic it is, provided that the foundational order remains intact.
One of the key distinctions among matter, life, and intelligence lies in the speed of their state changes:
- Most ordinary matter undergoes only slow physical and chemical reactions internally;
- Inside living organisms, however, there exist numerous, continuous, and rapid physical and chemical reactions;
- Human intelligence relies on the brain’s neural system, which changes state faster than other parts of the body—for instance, the maximum conduction speed of its electrical impulses can exceed 100 meters per second;
- In AI systems, integrated circuits change states extremely rapidly, with information propagating at nearly the speed of light, approaching the physical limit.
The same holds true for human society: the faster it operates, the greater its dynamism.
Efficiency
Maintaining order requires various resources, such as energy. Since the resources of human society are finite, improving the efficiency of social operations helps enhance its dynamism.
Excessive pursuit of highly dynamic order often reduces efficiency, leading to overconsumption of resources, and thereby diminishing the long-term dynamism of things.
Groups
Typically, groups are more dynamic than individuals.
Collaboration within a group can increase the dynamism of order.
Religion
Secularized religion fosters highly dynamic societies; fundamentalist religion typically stifles social dynamism.
Limitation
The ideas of Dynamic Order is minimalist, it is not suitable for solving most specific, real-world problems.