After enough life experience, you accumulate enough value intuitions to be able to find patterns within them. It is the ongoing task of each person to observe her value intuitions and synthesize her own values into a coherent system. In order to create a refined value system, you will need to sit down and map out your intuitions. Create a document, ideally a highly editable one so you can easily rearrange what you write down. Create a list of people you deeply admire. These can be people in your life, ancient historical figures, or even strangers you have only briefly observed. You do not have
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