Another possible name for the move that Everything Everywhere All at Once makes is metamodernism:
"In the sequence of cultural paradigms (traditional, modern, postmodern, etc.), metamodernism follows after postmodernism. In incorporating seemingly antithetical sensibilities from the prior paradigms (e.g., idealism and skepticism, hope and doubt, earnestness and cynicism), it is characterized by such seeming paradoxes as "ironic sincerity," "informed naivete," and "pragmatic idealism."
I think your assessment is probably right. I would just point out that @ about 90 minutes in, Alpha Waymond and Jobu tell Evelyn that she destroyed the Alphaverse (and brought all this on everyone, presumably) but discovering "verse jumping," which led everyone to jump universes, looking for their own truth and just becoming more opinionated and fighting more. So, the script has some clue that the complete lack of mooring in a universe in which we can derive some constant moral guidelines is not a solution at all, but a big problem. The script doesn't really have an answer however, other than poor old regular Waymond's "be kind."
Another possible name for the move that Everything Everywhere All at Once makes is metamodernism:
"In the sequence of cultural paradigms (traditional, modern, postmodern, etc.), metamodernism follows after postmodernism. In incorporating seemingly antithetical sensibilities from the prior paradigms (e.g., idealism and skepticism, hope and doubt, earnestness and cynicism), it is characterized by such seeming paradoxes as "ironic sincerity," "informed naivete," and "pragmatic idealism."
https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/post/what-is-metamodernism
"Kindness," without justice. Without truth.
Kinda nauseating, making cruelty feel attractive.
Fine post Ethan--some of what you say reminds me of my posts in the old Pomocon on the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love," and on Jefferson Airplane's, "Let's Get Together." https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/carls-rock-songbook-73-the-beatles-all-you-need-is-love & https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/12/carls-rock-songbook-88-jefferson-airplane-lets-get-together
I think your assessment is probably right. I would just point out that @ about 90 minutes in, Alpha Waymond and Jobu tell Evelyn that she destroyed the Alphaverse (and brought all this on everyone, presumably) but discovering "verse jumping," which led everyone to jump universes, looking for their own truth and just becoming more opinionated and fighting more. So, the script has some clue that the complete lack of mooring in a universe in which we can derive some constant moral guidelines is not a solution at all, but a big problem. The script doesn't really have an answer however, other than poor old regular Waymond's "be kind."