I think kind of baked into the first principle is the expectation that these are "top of the maslow pyramid" kind of aspirational ethics. It's like this: we a

I think kind of baked into the first principle is the expectation that these are "top of the maslow pyramid" kind of aspirational ethics. It's like this: we are going to fuck up. Given that we're going to fuck up, what next? The way to judge, I think, whether you're in good shape is whether or not you have a culturally ingrained mechanism for atonement and forgiveness, and whether or not that mechanism recursively 1. doesn't treat people like things; 2. seeks to uplift and empower; 3. is fundamentally grounded in love.