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[mattcantstop]

• [ ] My politics are experimentation
  • Experimentation is the heart of innovation
  • I want to build a city
• [ ] Leadership approach
• [ ] Post about Mormonism: A former Mormon's love letter to Mormonism (only focusing on positives, as a final goodbye)
  • Answers to questions other mainstream faiths don't have (same-sex marriage, life after death)
  • Small things are what God uses to make incredible things happen!
  • A belief system that puts human connection at the very center
  • Eternal marriage, families forever
  • It provides a feeling of certainty (what a drug this is!)
  • Where should I move?
  • Who should I marry?
  • Are my lost loved ones still around?
  • Do my actions matter?
  • Do I have something unique to offer the world? (this one is a huge "yes," which is why children feel confident talking to 60 year old rabbis and such about what God really wants them know)
  • The paradigm of Mormonism makes it easy to shrug off cognitive dissonance. If you start with the conclusion first, and evaluate the evidence to fit the conclusion, you can disregard any beliefs that make you uncomfortable. This can certainly be mentally exhausting as well, but I found it to be great at enabling me to not really feel bad about certain things. "It may be unpopular, but it's God's will, so 🤷‍♂️ )
  • Viewpoints on the poor
  • Viewpoints on why law of health is "good"
  • Continually asks you what you can improve upon, making repentance a focus, and creating a lifelong path of discipleship. I loved this.
  • Forgiveness (this was probably the #1 reason I converted.
  • It's great for the somewhat masochistic who want to feel punished for the bad things they've done
  • Structure for the structureless
  • A focus on "becoming"
  • It is much more focused on the person you are becoming. This is a beautiful focus for people, I believe, and something that I continue to try to focus on.
• [ ] The most influential reason I escaped poverty (from my perspective)
• [ ] Taxes based on consumption (square footprint of home)
  • What type of permanent waste should we be permitted to create?
  • We shouldn't be able to create permanent waste, we need better recycling
  • [ ] Decide on fundamentals, cancel other programs, and get the incredible important things right. Let the other topics vary depending on person/place
• [ ] Zoning: to me, the primary purposes of zoning should be:
  • To protect people from the negative externalities of their neighbors, industry, etc
  • To craft a city that is sustainable, livable, and efficient
  • To create opportunities for industry and self-reliance
  • Based on this, we should not having "single family" zoning districts, and people should not be restricted in what they can build, as long as others cannot demonstrate a tangible harm by what they are building