What is The Orthomentor?

2009-02-07T13:08:00.003-05:00

Let's face it: we humans have failed to increase virtue at the top. So it will be up to the science of psychology, AI and the robots to work up a fix this human engineering problem.

Here it is in a nutshell: Take Abe Maslow's B-values and portraits of self-actualizers (SA), along with Maslowian notions of mental health and motivation and roll them into an aggregate, which we'll call the "aggridant mentor." This is the most healthy and most effective agent in the system. The orthomentor represents the vectorial nature of the aggridant. What choice would the aggidant humans make? Of the approaches taken to date, which has been most effective? Factor in the "Spirit Level" data from Richard Wilkinson, et. al.

This input can be made available via the Web by mapping the ethical choices made by the aggridants in the population in reverse Action Maze format. It is a game of reverse billiards, but can be worked up with the B-calculus (social value calculus).