CONCEPT
Worthy of Amplification (Maslow Reading)
You On AI's central question — 'Are you worth amplifying?' — becomes, in the Maslow simulation's reading, a question about the developmental state of the person feeding signal into the amplifier. Worthiness is not conferred at birth and not distributed by economic accident; it is the achievement of self-actualization. The worthy signal is a signal shaped by Being-motivation — by the pursuit of B-values as intrinsically compelling. The unworthy signal is not morally bad; it is simply shaped by D-values, by the anxieties and needs that produce output without growth. The amplifier cannot tell the difference. The culture downstream of the amplifier can.
In The You On AI Field Guide
You On AI poses the question at the individual level: Are you worth amplifying? Maslow's framework accepts the question but insists on reframing it at the institutional and societal levels. If worthiness is a developmental achievement, then the conditions for developing it — economic security, educational