Epistemic values, humanistic values and personal values are best treated as separate. Ofcourse our personal values will inherit and retain our humanistic ones, just as they in turn would inherit the epistemic ones. In other words, a more concentrated valueset should never contradict a broader one. For example, I would consider humour, courage and Dostoevskian goodness as humanistic values. Personal values may include the pursuit of greatness, but such should not go against the base of "goodness". But is this vague notion of goodness rooted in absence of faults? Quite the opposite actually. You can’t be good without being at fault.

Personal values form foundations to frame. Your frame defines you to the world. It draws your outline and portrays what you are, what your journey has been like and what you believe in. It permeades into your subconscious guiding your perception of reality and situations. Trouble spews up when your internal representation of self and virtue outright contradicts the frame you carry. Faking isn’t fun to live with.

Perception leads to feelings which in turn leads to thoughts and then to actions and behaviours. Behaviours in the end influence our perception. A cycle which embeds the free will in between the layers of thoughts and action. Your frame encapsulates this cycle. You build and sustain it by consciously influencing your behaviour towards situations.

Our frame also has a lot of say in our career outlook and choice of ventures. And given the disarray and chaos of the endeavours I love, my wager's on a spirit that's fun, willed and antifragile. Such are the values I hold dear.