[erikerikson]

Indeed. I tried a few phrasings before landing there and it's not satisfactory.

The underlying problem is that social knowing doesn't scale yet. A system which could solve the consensus problem to facilitate coordinated pockets of exploration of the possibility space would be required.

[card_zero]

Does this system fly through the possibility space in the form of a giant cube and say "resistance is futile"? The weird part is that my gut says I should resist taking part, and presumably cause trouble and perpetuate fighting. Maybe being pugnacious is part of human purpose.

[erikerikson]

It would seem to do the opposite to me, allowing diversity and allowing exploration, though the theoretical maxima of reality might have something similar to say. A key feature of such a system would be having no notion of right/desirability/etc. but only identification/observation/clarification of what is.

To your end statement, is purpose defined or, through us, created? Hopefully your attachment to pugnaciousness serves you.