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EP 214 Douglas Rushkoff on Leaving Social Media from 2023-12-07T23:26:41
Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about the ideas in his podcast monologue/Substack post"Why I’m Finally Leaving X and Probably All Social Media."They discuss Douglas's history with social media, the...
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EP 213 Robin Hanson on Declining Fertility Rates from 2023-12-05T23:21:27
Jim talks with Robin Hanson about the ideas in his recent Substack writings on human fertility rates. They discuss why the fertility rate is important, fertility decline as a harbinger of societal ...
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EP 212 Joy Hirsch on How the Brain Responds to Zoom from 2023-11-30T22:30:38
Jim talks with Joy Hirsch about the findings in her paper"Separable Processes for Live'In-Person'and Live'Zoom-like'Faces,"which explores how humans respond at the neural level to Zoom calls versus...
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EP 211 Ben Goertzel on Generative AI vs. AGI from 2023-11-28T21:58:53
Jim talks with recurring guest Ben Goertzel about the ideas in his paper"Generative AI vs. AGI: The Cognitive Strengths and Weaknesses of Modern LLMs."They discuss the exponential acceleration of A...
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EP 210 Frank Lantz on the Beauty of Games from 2023-11-20T22:49:50
Jim talks with Frank Lantz about the ideas in his new book, The Beauty of Games. They discuss Frank's analysis of Benjamin Soule's arcade game Serpentes, reflecting on the enjoyment of games, panic...
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EP 209 C. Owen Paepke on the Purple Presidency from 2023-11-07T21:33:06
Jim talks with C. Owen Paepke in part three of a mini-series on the No Labels potential third-party presidential campaign. They discuss Owen's early chemistry career, being without a political part...
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EP 208 Jack Visnjic on Anacyclosis from 2023-11-02T19:46:20
Jim talks with Jack Visnjic, aka Lantern Jack, about Polybius's theory of anacyclosis and cyclical history. They discuss the origins of the name Lantern Jack, cyclical patterns in history, a one-mi...
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EP 207 Paul Watson on Adventures in Eco-Activism from 2023-10-31T23:32:59
Jim talks with Paul Watson about his recent book Hit Man for the Kindness Club: High Seas Escapades and Heroic Adventures of an Eco-Activist. They discuss an early friendship with a family of beave...
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EP 206 Ryan Clancy on No Labels from 2023-10-26T20:43:32
Jim talks with Ryan Clancy, the chief strategist for No Labels, in the second of a 3-part series exploring different aspects of the No Labels possible third-party presidential campaign. They discus...
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EP 205 Matthew Pirkowski on Time Preference and Cooperation from 2023-10-24T21:13:31
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the ideas in a recent tweet thread on time preference and its relationship with cooperation. They discuss the definition of time preference, defining parasiti...
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EP 204 Matt Bennett on the Case Against No Labels from 2023-10-19T20:41:40
Jim talks with Matt Bennett about his arguments against the third-party political campaign No Labels. They discuss Matt's steelman of the campaign, being politically homeless, nuclear energy&the Am...
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EP 203 Robert Sapolsky on Life Without Free Will from 2023-10-17T21:28:28
Jim talks with Robert Sapolsky about the ideas in his book Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. They discuss what motivates his writing about the topic, turtles all the way down, closin...
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EP 202 Neil Howe on the Fourth Turning from 2023-10-12T20:40:54
Jim talks with Neil Howe about the ideas in his new book, The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis Will End. They discuss 3 ways humans have un...
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EP 201 Tobias Dengel on the Age of Voice Technology from 2023-10-10T21:01:26
Jim talks with Tobias Dengel about the ideas in his book The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology. They discuss the idea that voice tech will be the biggest shift since mobile, t...
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EP 200 Brian Chau on AI Pluralism from 2023-09-28T20:53:09
Jim talks with Brian Chau about recent advancements in AI and viewing AI's relationship to society and politics through a pluralistic lens. They discuss fixed frames on AI, the horseless carriage f...
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EP 199 Yascha Mounk on the Identity Trap from 2023-09-26T21:35:58
Jim talks with Yascha Mounk about the ideas in his new book The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power. They discuss tribalism among progressives, universalism, the story of Kila Posey, how over...
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EP 198 Cory Doctorow on Seizing the Means of Computation from 2023-09-19T22:46:39
Jim talks with Cory Doctorow about the ideas in his new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. They discuss Cory's long affiliation with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, d...
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EP 197 Susan Neiman on Why Left Is Not Woke from 2023-09-07T20:52:58
Jim talks with Susan Neiman about the ideas in her latest book, Left Is Not Woke. They discuss the history&meaning of wokeness, the underlying reactionary assumptions of wokeness, making leftism&so...
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EP 196 Pamela Denise Long on Affirmative Action for Freedmen from 2023-08-24T22:01:35
Jim talks with Pamela Denise Long about the ideas in an open letter from the Coalition of Concerned Freedmen to college presidents, responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-based aff...
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EP 195 Michael R.J. Bonner on Civilization, Collapse, and Renewal from 2023-08-22T22:01:50
Jim talks with Michael R.J. Bonner about the ideas in his book In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present. They discuss the meaning of civilization, Gobekli Tepe, why technologi...
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EP 194 Bob Reid on User-Owned Identity from 2023-08-17T22:28:24
Jim talks with Bob Reid about identity verification and the financial stack behind his global financial platform Everest. They discuss decentralized user-owned identity, identity as a trillion-doll...
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EP 193 Aydan Connor on Rethinking Food Systems from 2023-07-20T22:13:50
Jim talks with Aydan Connor about improving American food systems and reducing waste. They discuss Aydan's experience in the craft brewing industry, extremification of beer styles, wastefulness in ...
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EP 192 David Krakauer on Science, Complexity and AI from 2023-07-18T22:02
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with David Krakauer about the ideas in his forthcoming paper"The Structure of Complexity in Machine Learning Science"and how AI may alter the course of science. They dis...
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EP 191 Alicia Juarrero on Context, Constraints, and Coherence from 2023-07-13T22:20:23
Jim talks with Alicia Juarrero about her new book Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence. They discuss Aristotle's four causes, applying them to complex dynamical systems, the...
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EP 190 Peter Turchin on Cliodynamics and End Times from 2023-07-06T22:02:51
Jim talks with Peter Turchin about the field he founded, cliodynamics, which applies the scientific method to history. They discuss the meaning&origins of cliodynamics, distinguishing cliodynamics ...
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Currents 100: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on Time as an Object from 2023-07-05T22:12:52
Jim talks with Sara Walker and Lee Cronin about the ideas in their Aeon essay"Time Is an Object."They discuss the history of the idea of time, Newton's clockwork universe, the capacity for things t...
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Currents 099: Samuel Scarpino on Preparing for the Next Pandemic from 2023-06-27T21:55
Jim talks with Samuel Scarpino about what we've learned from Covid-19 and how to apply those lessons to preparing for the next pandemic. They discuss takeaways from cross-national comparisons, the ...
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Currents 098: Damien Walter on Science Fiction and the Rhetoric of Story from 2023-06-23T22:39:29
Jim talks with Damien Walter about science fiction and the mechanics of myth. They discuss the roles of pathosðos in science fiction, Damien's lifelong fascination with sci-fi, the symbolon of"s...
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EP 189 Forrest Landry on Civilization Design from 2023-06-22T23:02:13
Jim talks with recurring guest Forrest Landry about civilization design. They discuss the meaning of the concept, toolkits for problem-solving, why this work matters now, local hill-climbing, preco...
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Currents 097: Frank Lantz on Network Wars and Games from 2023-06-20T22:10:54
Jim talks with Frank Lantz, game designer and director of the Game Center at New York University, about Network Wars and the art of game-making. They discuss Frank's first reaction to Network Wars,...
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EP 188 Robert Tercek on Intellectual Property in the Time of AI from 2023-06-13T22:11:01
Jim talks with Robert Tercek about the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike and intellectual property rights in the era of generative AI. They discuss Los Angeles as a union town, Jim's screenwr...
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Currents 096: Jim&Michael Garfield Talk About Everything from 2023-06-06T22:08:52
Jim has an extremely wide-ranging discussion with Michael Garfield. They discuss the upcoming book Michael is drafting in public, the exponential scaling of information production, Jurassic Park, m...
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EP 187 Carlos Perez on A Pattern Language for Generative AI from 2023-06-01T21:56:36
Jim talks with Carlos Perez about the ideas in his new book A Pattern Language for Generative AI: A Self-Generating GPT-4 Blueprint. They discuss GPT-4's ability to introspect on its capabilities, ...
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EP 186 Charles Eisenstein on Climate: A New Story from 2023-05-24T04:03:01
Jim talks with Charles Eisenstein about the environment and the ideas in his book Climate: A New Story. They discuss Charles's involvement with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s presidential campaign, his f...
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Currents 095: Matt Welsh on the End of Programming from 2023-05-09T21:57:42
Jim talks with Matt Welsh about the ideas in his essay"The End of Programming,"arguing that coding as we know it will soon be obsolete. They discuss ChatGPT's ability to perform logical reasoning, ...
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Currents 094: Matthew Pirkowski on Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms from 2023-05-04T22:40:59
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the kinds of consensus mechanisms that can be used to secure blockchains. They discuss active inference, proof of work vs proof of stake&the relationship betw...
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Currents 093: Rafe Kelley on Natural Movement from 2023-05-02T23:56:27
Jim talks with Rafe Kelley about the parkour-based movement system he created and teaches, Evolve Move Play. They discuss electromagnetic pulses, combining parkour&martial arts, the importance of n...
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Currents 092: Peter Wang on The Meaning Crisis and Consequentiality from 2023-04-27T22:10:26
Jim talks with Peter Wang about his idea that meaning comes from making consequential choices. They discuss the immediacy of consequences, the modeling of causal loops, the subjective aspect of cau...
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Currents 091: Bruce Damer on Psychedelics as Tools for Discovery from 2023-04-25T21:53:49
Jim talks with Bruce Damer about genius and the use of psychedelics for creative thinking. They discuss the roots of genius, the discovery of fire, Einstein's four great discoveries, building block...
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EP 185 Daniel Suarez on the Near Future of Space Exploration from 2023-04-20T21:58:59
Jim talks with Daniel Suarez about his science-fiction imaginings in the near future of space exploration, Delta-V and Critical Mass. They discuss the inspiration for the novels, the beginning of a...
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EP 184 Dave Snowden on Managing Complexity in Times of Crisis from 2023-04-18T22:00:55
Jim talks with Dave Snowden about the document he co-authored,"Managing Complexity (And Chaos) In Times of Crisis."They discuss the Cynefin framework, its development into a complexity-informed f...
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Currents 090: BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan on Egregores from 2023-04-11T22:31:30
Jim talks with BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan about understanding the present moment through the concept of egregores. They discuss the meaning of the term, its roots in early occultism, social media...
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Currents 089: Erik Torenberg on Status Games from 2023-04-06T22:10:10
Jim talks with Erik Torenberg about the ideas in his Substack series on navigating the status games of today. They discuss status as reputation allocation, cyclical change in status mobility over t...
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EP 183 Forrest Landry Part 2: AI Risk from 2023-04-04T23:07:39
Jim continues his conversation with recurring guest Forrest Landry on his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to humanity. They discuss the liminal feeling of th...
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Currents 088: Melanie Mitchell on AI Measurement and Understanding from 2023-03-30T22:06:56
Jim talks with Melanie Mitchell about her critique of applying standardized exams to LLMs and the debate over understanding in AI. They discuss ChatGPT and GPT-4's performance on standardized exams...
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EP 182 Brad DeLong on An Economic History of the 20th Century from 2023-03-29T00:06:03
Jim talks with Brad DeLong about his book Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. They discuss how everything changed around 1870, the idea of a polycrisis, Friedrich...
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Currents 087: Shivanshu Purohit on Open-Source Generative AI from 2023-03-24T23:21:06
Jim talks with Shivanshu Purohit about the world of open-source AI models and a significant open-source LLM coming soon from Stability AI and EleutherAI. They discuss the reasons for creating open-...
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EP 181 Forrest Landry Part 1: AI Risk from 2023-03-23T22:29:01
Jim talks with recurring guest Forrest Landry about his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to humanity. They discuss AI versus advanced planning systems (APS), ...
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Currents 086: Monica Anderson on Bubble City from 2023-03-16T22:16:12
Jim talks with Monica Anderson about her paper"Bubble City Design Proposal: A Twitter Alternative Which Is Not a Social Medium."They discuss the origins of the Bubble City idea, its architecture, q...
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Currents 085: Jonny Miller on Self-Unfoldment from 2023-03-14T22:57:13
Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with Jonny Miller about self-development and emotional resilience. They discuss being a natural human, self-help as deconditioning, self-unfoldment, ecologies of...
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Currents 084: Mirta Galesic on Global Collective Behavior from 2023-03-07T23:33:43
Jim talks with Mirta Galesic about the ideas in her co-authored paper"Stewardship of Global Collective Behavior."They discuss the meaning of collective behavior, a crisis in network structures, the...
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EP 180 Lynne Kiesling on the Electrical Grid from 2023-03-03T00:36:18
Jim talks with Lynne Kiesling about the electrical grid and what could and should change in its architecture in the years to come. They discuss electricity as a product, the move away from centrali...
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Currents 083: Joscha Bach on Synthetic Intelligence from 2023-02-28T23:17:04
Jim talks with Joscha Bach about current and future developments in the generative AI space. They discuss the skepticism of the press, small productive applications, questions about intellectual pr...
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EP 179 Gregg Henriques Part 3: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap from 2023-02-24T23:04:18
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques in the third and final part of a series on his book A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap. They discuss the concept ...
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Currents 082: Dan Shipper on Practical Applications of GPT-3 from 2023-02-22T23:56:23
Jim talks with Dan Shipper about practical uses of GPT-3 and ChatGPT at the personal scale. They discuss how Dan started playing with these tools, the feeling of new generative AIs, GPT-3 vs ChatGP...
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EP 178 Anil Seth on A New Science of Consciousness from 2023-02-21T00:19:10
Jim talks with Anil Seth about his book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. They discuss the curious non-experience of general anesthesia, defining consciousness, the difference between cons...
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EP 177 Gregg Henriques Part 2: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap from 2023-02-16T23:12:28
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques in part two of a series on his book A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap. They discuss limitations of the standard ...
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EP 176 Gregg Henriques Part 1: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap from 2023-02-15T00:09:17
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his book A New Synthesis for Solving the Problem of Psychology: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap. They discuss the book's audacious attempt to explain the unive...
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EP 175 Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater on The Language Game from 2023-02-10T00:21:06
Jim talks with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater about their new book The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World. They discuss the game of charades&its relevance ...
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EP 174 Fred Beuttler and Mark Stahlman on Trivium University from 2023-02-03T23:02:30
Jim talks with Fred Beuttler and Mark Stahlman about their new online graduate program, Trivium University. They discuss the trivium&the quadrivium, instilling a better sense of grammar, the curren...
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Currents 081: Layman Pascal Interviews Jim Rutt on Twitter as Collective Intelligence from 2023-02-03T00:17:39
Layman Pascal interviews Jim about the principles and strategies that could transform Twitter into infrastructure for collective intelligence. They discuss Jim's motivation in engaging the topic, M...
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Currents 080: Joe Edelman and Ellie Hain on Rebuilding Meaning from 2023-01-30T23:16:15
Jim talks with Joe Edelman and Ellie Hain about their new movement, Rebuilding Meaning, and two recent talks introducing ideas towards a better world. They discuss tools for building toward more me...
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EP 173 Hanzi Freinacht on Metamodern Self-Help from 2023-01-17T23:41:31
Jim talks with Hanzi Freinacht about his book 12 Commandments: For Extraordinary People to Master Ordinary Life. They discuss the book as a response to Jordan Peterson&his"12 rules"books, metamoder...
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EP 172 Brendan Graham Dempsey on Emergentism from 2023-01-09T23:01:21
Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about his book Emergentism: A Religion of Complexity for the Metamodern World. They discuss the meaning crisis&its symptoms, reciprocal narrowing, the pre-mode...
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Currents 079: Douglas Rushkoff on Tech Escapism and Critiques of GameB from 2023-01-05T23:36:14
Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about the ideas in his essay series,"What's a Meta For?"They discuss Facebook's renaming to Meta, the semantic web, ChatGPT, a Turing test recalibration period, Rocc...
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Currents 078: John Ash on AI Art Tools from 2023-01-03T23:30:51
Jim talks with John Ash about his use of AI art tools and their implications for society... Jim talks with John Ash about his use of AI art tools and their implications for society. They discuss th...
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Currents 077: Serge Faguet on Consciousness and Post-AGI Ethics from 2022-12-29T23:05:34
Jim continues his conversation with Serge Faguet, this time focusing on the nature of consciousness and its implications for the wise and ethical use of AI systems...Jim continues his conversation ...
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EP 171 Bruce Damer Part 2: The Origins of Life–Implications from 2022-12-20T23:02:43
Jim continues his discussion with Bruce Damer on the origins of life... Jim continues his discussion with Bruce Damer on the origins of life. They discuss Darwin's"warm little pond"hypothesis, hyd...
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Currents 076: Jamie Joyce on The Society Library from 2022-12-12T23:10:18
Jim talks with Jamie Joyce about the organization she founded and directs, The Society Library... Jim talks with Jamie Joyce about the organization she founded and directs, The Society Library. The...
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Currents 075: Michael Nielsen on Metascience from 2022-12-05T23:45:22
Jim talks with Michael Nielsen about the ideas in his and Kanjun Qiu's recent essay,"A Vision of Metascience: An Engine of Improvement for the Social Processes of Science"... Jim talks with Michael...
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EP 170 John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall on The Religion That Is Not a Religion from 2022-12-02T00:10:40
Jim talks with John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall about Vervaeke's concept of"the religion that is not a religion"... Jim talks with John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall about Vervaeke's concept of"the relig...
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Currents 074: Serge Faguet on Building Metacommunity from 2022-11-28T23:03:54
Jim talks with Serge Faguet about emerging transnational networks of cooperation...Jim talks with Serge Faguet about emerging transnational networks of cooperation. They discuss the mismatch betwee...
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Currents 073: Owen Cox and Daniel Fraga on Game C from 2022-11-25T23:20:34
Jim talks with Owen Cox and Daniel Fraga of the Technosocial podcast about their critique that the GameB movement has underestimated the importance of sex and violence... Jim talks with Owen Cox an...
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EP 169 Roar Bjonnes on Growing a New Economy from 2022-11-14T22:47:25
Jim talks with Roar Bjonnes about the ideas in his new book co-authored with Caroline Hargreaves, Growing a New Economy: Beyond Crisis Capitalism and Environmental Destruction... Jim talks with Ro...
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EP 168 Nate Hagens on Collective Futures from 2022-10-31T22:51:05
Jim talks with Nate Hagens about his new book co-authored with DJ White, Reality Blind: Integrating the Systems Science Underpinning Our Collective Futures, volume 1... Jim talks with Nate Hagens ...
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Currents 072: Ben Goertzel on Viable Paths to True AGI from 2022-10-18T22:02:02
Jim talks with Ben Goertzel about the ideas in his recent essay"Three Viable Paths to True AGI"... Jim talks with Ben Goertzel about the ideas in his recent essay"Three Viable Paths to True AGI."T...
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EP 167 Bruce Damer on the Origins of Life from 2022-10-13T23:24:35
Jim talks with Bruce Damer about the origins of life... Jim talks with Bruce Damer about the origins of life. They discuss what Earth was like 4 billion years ago, how the oceans formed, the new c...
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Currents 071: Liam Madden on Rebirthing Democracy from 2022-10-10T22:13:13
Jim talks with Liam Madden, a congressional candidate in Vermont who strongly resonates with the GameB ethos... Jim talks with Liam Madden, a congressional candidate in Vermont who strongly resonat...
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Currents 070: Brian Chau on Propaganda&Populism from 2022-10-06T23:17:46
Jim talks with Brian Chau about seeing the world as it is, not as we wish it to be... Jim talks with Brian Chau about seeing the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. They discuss the firehose o...
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Currents 069: Bonnitta Roy and Euvie Ivanova on Collective Intimacy from 2022-10-03T22:11:33
Jim talks with Euvie Ivanova and Bonnitta Roy about a recent Twitter exchange exploring intimacy as"both the problem and the solution"... Jim talks with Euvie Ivanova and Bonnitta Roy about a recen...
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EP 166 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 2: Libertism from 2022-09-30T01:52:06
Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen in the second of a two-part series about her new book Libertism: Grasping the 21st Century, picking up where they left off in the book's 18 sub-patterns of being...
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EP 165 Lene Rachel Andersen Part 1: Libertism from 2022-09-22T22:26:30
Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen in the first of a two-part series about her new book Libertism: Grasping the 21st Century... Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen in the first of a two-part ser...
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Currents 068: Jonathan Rowson on the Chess Drama from 2022-09-22T14:31:35
Jim talks with Grandmaster chess player and philosopher Jonathan Rowson about the recent drama between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann in the Champions Chess Tour...Jim talks with Grandmaster chess...
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EP 164 John Markoff on the Many Lives of Stewart Brand from 2022-09-19T22:22:47
Jim talks with John Markoff about his new biography, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand... Jim talks with John Markoff about his new biography, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Bra...
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EP 163 Benedict Beckeld on Western Self-Contempt from 2022-08-25T21:29:27
Jim talks with Benedict Beckeld about his new book Western Self-Contempt: Oikophobia in the Decline of Civilizations... Jim talks with Benedict Beckeld about his new book Western Self-Contempt: Oi...
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EP 162 Max Borders on Decentralism from 2022-08-15T22:37:49
Jim talks with recurring guest Max Borders about the ideas in his new book The Decentralist: Mission, Morality, and Meaning in the Age of Crypto... Jim talks with recurring guest Max Borders abou...
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Currents 067: Zak Stein on Ending Nihilistic Design from 2022-07-25T22:01:05
Jim talks with recurring guest Zak Stein about the Consilience Project's article"Technology is Not Values Neutral: Ending the Reign of Nihilistic Design"... Jim talks with recurring guest Zak Stein...
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Currents 066: Matthew Pirkowski on Emergence in Possibility Space from 2022-07-22T10:42:38
Jim continues his discussion with Matthew Pirkowski on ideas of emergence and how they can be applied to today's meta-crisis... Jim continues his discussion with Matthew Pirkowski on ideas of emerg...
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EP 161 Greg Thomas on Untangling the Gordian Knot of Race from 2022-07-18T22:09:34
Jim talks with Greg Thomas about American democracy&the problems created by racial essentialism&racialization... Jim talks with Greg Thomas about American democracy&the problems created by racial...
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EP 160 Curtis Yarvin on Monarchy in the U.S.A. from 2022-07-07T21:56:36
Jim talks with Curtis Yarvin about his proposal to replace our current government with a monarchy, part of an ongoing exploration of problems with and alternatives to democracy... Jim talks with C...
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EP 159 Bobby Azarian on the Romance of Reality from 2022-07-06T00:36:48
Jim talks with Bobby Azarian about the ideas in his new book The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity, which Jim calls"the most...
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Currents 065: Alexander Bard on Protopian Narratology from 2022-06-30T21:59:53
Jim talks with Alexander Bard, continuing a series of encounters between GameB and the Dark Renaissance movement... Jim talks with Alexander Bard, continuing a series of encounters between GameB an...
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Who Are You EP 01: Seth Jordan on Social Threefolding from 2022-06-16T21:30:40
This is the first, experimental episode of Who Are You, a subseries of the Jim Rutt Show in which Jim has an unplanned conversation with a mystery guest nominated and elected by listeners... This ...
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Currents 064: Michael Garfield and J.F. Martel on Art x AI from 2022-06-13T22:57:06
Jim talks with Michael Garfield and J.F. Martel about the intersection of AI and art... Jim talks with Michael Garfield and J.F. Martel about the intersection of AI and art. They discuss DALL-E&Mid...
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EP 158 Remzi Bajrami on Flow Currency from 2022-06-09T23:24:46
Jim talks to Remzi Bajrami about the ideas in his book Common Planet: A New Game of Life... Jim talks to Remzi Bajrami about the ideas in his book Common Planet: A New Game of Life. They discuss ...
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Currents 063: Jessica Flack on nth-Order Effects of the Russia-Ukraine War from 2022-06-06T22:19:07
Jim talks with Jessica Flack about nth-order effects of the war in Ukraine... Jim talks with Jessica Flack about nth-order effects of the war in Ukraine. They discuss the meaning of second- and nth...
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EP 157 Terrence Deacon on Mind’s Emergence From Matter from 2022-05-16T22:03:32
Jim talks to Terrence Deacon about the ideas in his book Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged From Matter... Jim talks to Terrence Deacon about the ideas in his book Incomplete Nature: How Mind Eme...
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EP 156 James Poulos on Remaining Human from 2022-05-05T22:00:14
Jim talks with James Poulos about the ideas in his new book Human Forever: The Spiritual Politics of Digital War... Jim talks with James Poulos about the ideas in his new book Human Forever: The S...
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Currents 062: Stephanie Lepp Interviews Jim Rutt on Musk and Moderation from 2022-05-02T22:15:35
In this episode, Jim Rutt is a guest on his own show! He's interviewed by Stephanie Lepp about the ideas in his Quillette essay "Musk and Moderation"... In this episode, Jim Rutt is a guest on his ...
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EP 155 Iain McGilchrist Part 2: The Matter With Things from 2022-04-18T21:59:47
Jim has a second talk with Iain McGilchrist about the ideas in his book The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World... Jim has a second talk with Iain McGilchr...
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Currents 061: Nora Bateson on a Return to Earnestness from 2022-04-11T09:58:13
Jim talks with Nora Bateson about ecologies of communication and the value of earnestness... Jim talks with Nora Bateson about ecologies of communication and the value of earnestness. They discuss ...
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EP 154 Iain McGilchrist on The Matter With Things from 2022-04-04T23:21:14
Jim talks with Iain McGilchrist about his new book, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World... Jim talks with Iain McGilchrist about his new book, The Matt...
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Currents 060: Panos Siozos on Online Education from 2022-03-28T22:01:34
Jim talks with Panos Siozos, CEO and co-founder of LearnWorlds, a platform for online education, about alternative routes in education delivery... Jim talks with Panos Siozos, CEO and co-founder of...
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Currents 059: Samo Burja on RU->UKR 23-MAR-2022 from 2022-03-24T15:46:37
Continuing his series of expert interviews on the Russia-Ukraine War, Jim talks again with Samo Burja about the state of the Russian advance one month in... Continuing his series of expert intervi...
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EP 153 Forrest Landry on Small Group Method from 2022-03-22T22:03:45
Jim talks with Forrest Landry about his Small Group Method and the obstacles to scaling it up... Jim talks with Forrest Landry about his Small Group Method and the obstacles to scaling it up. They...
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Currents 058: John Robb on Russia-Ukraine Outcomes from 2022-03-21T20:45:05
Continuing his series of expert interviews on the Russia-Ukraine War, Jim talks again with John Robb, this time about the likelihood of a settlement... Continuing his series of expert interviews o...
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Currents 057: Timothy Clancy on Russia’s Mid-Game from 2022-03-16T15:12:22
Continuing his series of expert interviews on the Russia-Ukraine War, Jim talks with Timothy Clancy about forecasting the conflict through mid-May... Continuing his series of expert interviews on ...
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Currents 056: Julyan Davey on Weaving a Non-Dual Civilization from 2022-03-09T22:03:16
Jim has a talk with Julyan Davey inspired by Julyan's essay series"Weaving a Non-Dual Civilisation"... Jim has a talk with Julyan Davey inspired by Julyan's essay series"Weaving a Non-Dual Civilis...
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Currents 055: Paul Goble on Putin’s Strategic Mistakes from 2022-03-04T22:44:14
Continuing his series of expert interviews on the unfolding situation in Ukraine, Jim talks with Paul Goble, a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious issues in Eurasia... Continuing his serie...
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Currents 054: Samo Burja on the Russia-Ukraine War from 2022-03-01T18:38:38
Jim has a timely talk with Samo Burja about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what it might mean moving forward... Jim has a timely talk with Samo Burja about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and...
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Currents 053: Matthew Pirkowski on Grammars of Emergence from 2022-02-28T21:38:33
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about new frameworks in the study of emergence... Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about new frameworks in the study of emergence. They discuss the concept's roots...
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Currents 052: John Robb on War in Ukraine from 2022-02-25T22:53:18
Jim has a forward-looking talk with recurring guest John Robb about the meaning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine... Jim has a forward-looking talk with recurring guest John Robb about the meaning o...
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Currents 051: Douglas Rushkoff on the Once and Future Internet from 2022-02-24T22:39:03
Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about where the internet came from, where it might go,&how to move from dystopian despair to productive engagement... Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about where th...
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Currents 050: Greg Lukianoff on Free Speech from 2022-02-21T22:58:17
Jim talks with Greg Lukianoff, president&CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and co-author, with Jonathan Haidt, of The Coddling of the American Mind... Jim talks with ...
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EP 152 Gary Bengier on Hard-Science Futures from 2022-02-07T22:48:48
Jim talks with Gary Bengier about his science fiction novel Unfettered Journey, depicting a hard-science view of a possible world 140 or so years in the future... Jim talks with Gary Bengier abou...
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Currents 049: Ashley Colby&Jason Snyder on Doomer Optimism from 2022-02-04T00:29:35
Jim talks with Ashley Colby&Jason Snyder about the growing movement of Doomer Optimism... Jim talks with Ashley Colby&Jason Snyder about the growing movement of Doomer Optimism. They discuss Ashle...
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EP 151 Daniel Mezick on Ritual and Hierarchy from 2022-01-31T22:25:36
Jim talks with Daniel Mezick about two books on leadership&social coherence, Michael Suk-Young Chwe's Rational Ritual&Christopher Boehm's Hierarchy in the Forest... Jim talks with Daniel Mezick a...
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Currents 048: Welf von Hören on Potential from 2021-12-27T21:57:34
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Welf von Hören, co-founder of the recently beta-launched Potential app... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Welf von Hören, co-founder of the recently beta-launched...
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EP 150 Jeremy Lent on the Web of Meaning from 2021-12-20T21:54
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Jeremy Lent about his latest book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe... Jim has a wide-ranging talk...
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Currents 047: Samuel Scarpino on the Epidemiology of Covid-19 from 2021-12-15T21:51:11
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Samuel Scarpino on Covid-19 epidemiology and disease surveillance... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Samuel Scarpino on Covid-19 epidemiology and disease surveill...
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EP 149 Joshua Vial on Enspiral from 2021-12-13T19:07:29
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Joshua Vial, co-founder of the multifaceted social-impact support network Enspiral... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Joshua Vial, co-founder of the multifaceted ...
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Currents 046: Henry Elkus&Sam Feinburg on Solving Societal Problems from 2021-11-29T22:05:10
Jim talks with Henry Elkus and Sam Feinburg, founders of the global problem solving organization Helena...Jim talks with Henry Elkus and Sam Feinburg, founders of the global problem solving organiz...
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EP148 Antonio Damasio on Feeling and Knowing from 2021-11-22T21:49:27
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about his latest book, Feeling&Knowing: Making Minds Conscious... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio abo...
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EP147 John Vervaeke Part 5: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis from 2021-11-15T21:55:16
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the final episode of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis... John Vervaeke joins...
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Currents 045: Dorian Abbot on Protecting Academic Freedom from 2021-11-04T23:06:42
Jim has a timely discussion with geophysicist Dorian Abbot, whose public lecture was recently canceled by MIT—Jim's alma mater—due to Dorian's views on affirmative action... Jim has a timely discu...
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EP146 John Vervaeke Part 4: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis from 2021-11-01T19:27:53
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the fourth of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis... John Vervaeke joins Jim f...
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EP145 John Vervaeke Part 3: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis from 2021-10-25T19:55:35
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the third of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis... John Vervaeke joins Jim fo...
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EP144 John Vervaeke Part 2: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis from 2021-10-18T20:58:12
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the second of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke's popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis... John Vervaeke joins Jim f...
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EP143 John Vervaeke Part 1: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis from 2021-10-11T20:56:57
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the first of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke's popular YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis... John Vervaeke joins Jim fo...
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Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War from 2021-10-07T22:10:07
Zak Stein &Jim have a wide-ranging talk inspired by two recent Consilience Project essays on the information war& propaganda... Zak Stein &Jim have a wide-ranging talk inspired by two recent Con...
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Currents 043: Lene Rachel Andersen on Bildung from 2021-09-30T21:04:55
Lene Rachel Andersen&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the meaning of Bildung&the growing Bildung movement, inspired by last week's Global Bildung Festival... Lene Rachel Andersen&Jim have a wid...
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EP142 Robert Tercek on the Metaverse from 2021-09-27T20:53:47
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with returning guest Robert Tercek about competing visions of the metaverse... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with returning guest Robert Tercek about competing visions...
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EP141 Heather Heying on Confronting Hyper-Novelty from 2021-09-14T21:05:27
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with evolutionary biologist Heather Heying about her& Bret Weinstein’s new book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Li...
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EP140 Robin Dunbar on Friendship from 2021-08-30T19:52:48
Jim talks to Robin Dunbar (of Dunbar's number) about his new book, Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships... Jim talks with evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar...
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Currents 042: John Robb on Afghanistan Withdrawal from 2021-08-19T17:52:32
John Robb&Jim meet for a timely discussion about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan... John Robb&Jim meet for a timely discussion about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the current mess a...
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EP139 Robert Tercek on Education Today from 2021-08-16T20:53:20
Robert Tercek&Jim continue their conversation in this wide-ranging chat about learning&education... Robert Tercek&Jim continue their conversation in this wide-ranging chat about learning&educa...
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Currents 041: Jonathan Rowson on Our Metacrisis Pickle from 2021-08-09T22:17:11
Jonathan Rowson &Jim continue their conversation by exploring Jonathan's recent essay, Tasting the Pickle: Ten flavours of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilization... Jonathan Rowson ...
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Currents 040: Jim Rutt Show Changes&Reflections from 2021-08-02T21:26:41
Jim Rutt Show producer, Jared Janes&Jim announce some changes to the podcast... Jim Rutt Show producer, Jared Janes&Jim announce some changes to the podcast, preview upcoming guests, talk about ...
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EP138 W. Brian Arthur on the Nature of Technology from 2021-07-26T21:14:48
W. Brian Arthur &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves... W. Brian Arthur &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, The Natur...
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Currents 039: Alexander Beiner on Psychedelic Turf Wars from 2021-07-18T23:02:30
Alexander Beiner &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about Beiner’s recent essay “Who’s in Charge of Psilocybin?”... Alexander Beiner &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about Beiner’s recent essay “Who’s i...
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Currents 038: Connor Leahy on Artificial Intelligence from 2021-07-15T22:27:02
Connor Leahy continues his conversion with Jim in this wide-ranging chat about Artificial Intelligence... Connor Leahy continues his conversion with Jim in this wide-ranging chat about his new G...
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EP137 Ken Stanley on Neuroevolution from 2021-07-13T14:02:24
Ken Stanley&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about one of his co-authored papers,"Designing neural networks through neuroevolution"... Ken Stanley&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about one of his co-...
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Currents 037: Sam Harris on Surviving Our Smartphones from 2021-07-10T14:38:37
Reason.fm co-founder Sam Harris talks to Jim about his TEDx talk, "The Genius You Need to Listen to Is Yourself"... Reason.fm co-founder Sam Harris talks to Jim about his TEDx talk, "The Genius ...
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EP136 Harvey Reid on Troubadour Music from 2021-07-06T22:18:20
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and music educator Harvey Reid talks to Jim about his book, The Troubadour Chronicles: A History, A Celebration and A Manifesto... Songwriter, multi-...
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EP135 Dennis Waters on Behavior&Culture in One Dimension from 2021-07-01T21:37:30
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Dennis Waters about his book, Behavior and Culture in One Dimension: Sequences, Affordances, and the Evolution of Complexity... Jim has a wide-ranging talk wit...
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EP134 Forrest Landry on Non-Relative Ethics from 2021-06-28T21:40:17
Forrest Landry &Jim continue their exploration of metaphysics by diving deep into the Non-Relative Ethics that arise from Forrest’s Immanent Metaphysics... Forrest Landry &Jim continue their e...
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Currents 036: Melanie Mitchell on Why AI is Hard from 2021-06-26T15:48:35
Jim talks to Melanie Mitchell about her recent paper, "Why AI is Harder Than We Think"... Melanie Mitchell &Jim talk about her recent paper, "Why AI is Harder Than We Think". They cover AI fanta...
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Currents 035: Steve Barbour on Mining Bitcoin with Methane from 2021-06-24T15:44:24
Steve Barbour talks to Jim about his company, Upstream Data Inc. — a company that uses natural gas to mine bitcoin... Steve Barbour talks to Jim about his company, Upstream Data Inc. — a company...
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EP133 Robert Tercek on Digital Strategies from 2021-06-21T21:56:41
Robert Tercek has a wide-ranging talk with Jim about his book, Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World... Robert Tercek talks to Jim about his book, Vaporized: Solid ...
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EP132 Britt Adkins on Celestial Civilization from 2021-06-17T21:50:34
Britt Adkins&Jim on the space industry: prioritization, funding, misconceptions, meaning, cultural&political impact, policy, and much more...Britt Adkins has a wide-ranging talk with Jim about the ...
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Currents 034: Samo Burja on the Consilience Project from 2021-06-15T21:53:58
Samo Burja joins Jim to talk about the Consilience Project: a project that aims to create positive cultural change in unique ways... Samo Burja joins Jim to talk about the Consilience Project: a...
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EP131 Jason Mauck on #FarmWeird from 2021-06-14T21:27:16
Jason Mauck talks to Jim about starting Constant Canopy and the dynamics, technologies&economics of innovative farming strategies... Jason Mauck talks to Jim about what lead him to farm, how&w...
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EP130 Ken Stanley on Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned from 2021-06-07T21:46:40
Ken Stanley and Jim talk about his wide-ranging book Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective... Ken Stanley and Jim talk about his wide-ranging book Why Greatness Cannot Be ...
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Currents 033: Connor Leahy on Deep Learning from 2021-06-04T16:20:56
Connor Leahy has a wide-ranging chat with Jim about the state&future of Deep Learning... Connor Leahy has a wide-ranging chat with Jim about the state&future of Deep Learning. They cover the his...
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EP129 Stephanie Lepp on Deep Reckonings from 2021-05-31T21:43:16
Stephanie Lepp &Jim have a wide-ranging talk on her two-time Webby Award winning video series, Deep Reckonings... Stephanie Lepp &Jim have a wide-ranging talk on her two-time Webby Award winni...
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EP128 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 3 from 2021-05-27T21:45:34
Forrest Landry &Jim continue their exploration of Forrest’s Immanent Metaphysics by diving deep into its Incommensuration Theorem (ICT)… Forrest Landry &Jim continue their exploration of metaphy...
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EP128 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 3 from 2021-05-27T21:45:34
Forrest Landry &Jim continue their exploration of Forrest's Immanent Metaphysics by diving deep into its Incommensuration Theorem (ICT)... Forrest Landry &Jim continue their exploration of met...
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EP127 Jonathan Rowson on The Moves That Matter from 2021-05-24T21:31:42
Jonathan Rowson &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life... Jonathan Rowson &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, Th...
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EP126 Jordan Gruber&James Fadiman on Our Symphony of Selves from 2021-05-17T22:19:24
Jordan Gruber & James Fadiman talk with Jim about their new book, Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are... Jordan Gruber & James Fadiman talk to Jim about their b...
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EP125 Samo Burja on Societal Decline: Part 2 from 2021-05-10T21:38:30
Samo Burja &Jim continue their convo about Great Founder Theory: history, bureaucracy vs delegation, competition, ambition, empire theory, and much more... Samo Burja &Jim continue their conve...
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Currents 032: Tyson Yunkaporta on Spirits, GameB&Protopias from 2021-05-07T00:03:35
Tyson Yunkaporta joins Jim for another wide-ranging yarn that covers DMT&machine elves, survivance, ego death, selling souls, and much more... Tyson Yunkaporta joins Jim for another wide-rang...
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EP124 Jim Hackett on Ford, Electric Cars&More from 2021-05-03T22:43:01
Former Ford CEO, Jim Hackett&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the history&future of electric cars, the automotive industry, and much more... Former FordCEO, Jim Hackett&Jim have a wide-rangi...
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Currents 031: Trent Loos on Family Ranching from 2021-04-29T21:23:09
Trent Loos talks to Jim about his multi-generational Nebraska-based ranching operation... Trent Loos talks to Jim about his multi-generational Nebraska-based ranching operation. They cover the d...
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EP123 Jamie Wheal on Recapturing the Rapture from 2021-04-26T21:52:08
Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about his new book, Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind... Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about his new book, Recapture the...
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Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project from 2021-04-22T21:35:23
Daniel Schmachtenberger &Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project... Daniel Schmachtenberger &Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project. They s...
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EP122 Ashley Colby on Subsistence Agriculture from 2021-04-19T23:27:05
Ashley Colby &Jim talk about her book, Subsistence Agriculture in the US, moving to Uruguay, starting the Rizoma Field School, and much more... Ashley Colby&Jim start this episode by talking a...
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EP121 Broke in America with Joanne Goldblum&Colleen Shaddox from 2021-04-12T21:50:23
Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox talk to Jim about their book, Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty... Joanne Goldblum & Colleen Shaddox talk to Jim about their bo...
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EP120 James Ehrlich on ReGen Villages Part 2 from 2021-04-08T21:17:45
James Ehrlich&Jim continue their conversation on ReGen Villages: smart houses&neighborhoods, regulatory hurdles, status/progress, and much more... James Ehrlich &Jim continue their conversatio...
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EP119 Max Borders on Post-Collapse from 2021-04-05T21:12:16
Max Borders &Jim continue their last conversation on his book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals... Max Borders &Jim continue their last conversation on his book...
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EP118 Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works from 2021-03-30T15:53:27
Matt Ridley talks to Jim about his latest book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom... Matt Ridley talks to Jim about his latest book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flour...
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EP117 Samo Burja on Societal Decline from 2021-03-23T14:25:05
Samo Burja talks to Jim about his book, Great Founder Theory: theories&limits of history, institutions, design vs evolution, declining empires, and much more... Samo Burja talks to Jim about h...
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EP116 Doug Erwin on the Cambrian Explosion from 2021-03-15T21:40:20
Doug Erwin talks to Jim about his book, The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity... Doug Erwin talks to Jim about his book, The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of A...
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Currents 029: Vance Crowe on the “Well-Actually” Graph from 2021-03-12T23:26:51
Jim talks to Vance Crowe about what led him to work at Monsanto, how he discovered&uses the"Well_Actually"Graph, GameB, VR&much more... In this currents episode, Jim talks to Vance Crowe about w...
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EP115 Max Borders on America’s Collapse from 2021-03-08T22:36:56
Max Borders with Jim on his new book, After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals: GameB, complexity, climate, wokism... Max Borders talks to Jim about his new book, After...
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EP114 John Bunzl on his Simpol Solution from 2021-03-01T22:53:45
John Bunzl talks to Jim about the multi-faceted approach to global cooperation he created, Simpol - The Simultaneous Policy... John Bunzl talks to Jim about his Simpol approach to global coope...
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Currents 028: Simon DeDeo on Explaining Explanation from 2021-02-25T23:03:11
Jim&Simon DeDeo on his recent paper,"From Probability to Consilience: How Explanatory Values Implement Bayesian Reasoning"... In this currents episode, Jim talks to Simon DeDeo about his recentl...
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EP113 Zak Stein on Hierarchical Complexity from 2021-02-22T22:30:17
Zak Stein&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the history&dynamics of hierarchical complexity&human development... Zak Stein&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about hierarchical complexity: its hist...
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Currents 027: Charles Hoskinson on Cardano Blockchain Project from 2021-02-17T22:25:42
Charles Hoskinson&Jim on blockchain history, his history with the Ethereum project&what led him to found Cardano, a 3rd gen project, and much more... In this currents episode, Charles Hoskinson ...
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EP112 Annie Duke on Bets&Better Decisions from 2021-02-15T23:17:25
Annie Duke&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about how key themes in her last two books lead to making better bets&decisions... Annie Duke&Jim talk about some of the key themes in her last two book...
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EP111 Anatol Lieven on Climate&Nationalism from 2021-02-11T22:37:57
Anatol Lieven &Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his latest book, Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case... Anatol Lieven &Jim talk about his latest book, Climate Change and th...
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EP110 Brad Kershner on Education&Complexity from 2021-02-08T22:10:36
Brad Kershner&Jim on his book, Understanding Educational Complexity: Integrating Practices and Perspectives for 21st Century Leadership... Brad Kershner talks to Jim about his book, Understand...
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Currents 026: Bill Ottman on Minds.com from 2021-02-06T17:14:52
Bill Ottman&Jim have a wide-ranging talk on the state of social media and his open-source social platform, Minds.com... In this currents episode, Bill Ottman &Jim have a wide-ranging talk on the...
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EP109 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 2 from 2021-02-04T22:20:39
Forrest Landry&Jim build on the foundation they built in his last JRS episode to continue to flesh out Forrest's Immanent Metaphysics... Forrest Landry&Jim build on the foundation they built i...
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EP108 Bernard Baars on Consciousness from 2021-02-01T22:25:32
Bernard Baars talks to Jim about some of the key ideas in his book, On Consciousness: Science&Subjectivity... Bernard Baars talks to Jim about some of the key ideas in his book, On Consciousne...
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Currents 025: Ben Goertzel on Decentralizing Social Media from 2021-01-29T23:01:44
In this Currents episode, Ben Goertzel&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the urgent need for decentralized tech platforms. They cover Jim's recent banning from Facebook&how it might have happened,...
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EP107 Tristan Harris on Our Social Dilemma from 2021-01-28T22:29:23
Tristan Harris &Jim on his hugely successful documentary, The Social Dilemma: social media good, harms, regulation, bold interventions, and much more... Tristan Harris talks to Jim about his h...
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Currents 024: BJ Campbell on the Woke Religion from 2021-01-27T23:10:10
BJ Campbell has a wide-ranging talk with Jim about article,"Social Justice is a Crowdsourced Religion", reflects on the future of wokeism, and much more... In this Currents episode, BJ Campbell ...
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EP106 Michael Strevens on the Irrational History of Science from 2021-01-25T22:06:23
Michael Stevens talks to Jim about some of the ideas&stories in his book, The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science... Michael Stevens talks to Jim about some of the idea...
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EP105 Christof Koch on Consciousness from 2021-01-21T22:10:02
Christof Koch&Jim have a wide-ranging conversation about the science of consciousness and his book, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread But Can't Be Computed... Christo...
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EP104 Joe Henrich on WEIRD People from 2021-01-19T21:57:10
Joe Henrich talks to Jim about some of the key insights from his book, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar&Particularly Prosperous. Joe Henrich talks...
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Currents 023: Terry Gainer on the January 6th Riot from 2021-01-18T22:35:46
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Terry Gainer talks to Jim about his views on the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol... In this Currents episode, Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Terry Gaine...
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Currents 022: Curtis Yarvin on Institutional Failure from 2021-01-14T22:44:34
Jim talks to Curtis Yarvin about his recent article,"2020, the year of everything fake": presentism, history, COVID-19 response failures, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to ...
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Currents 021: John Robb on Jan 6th, 2021 from 2021-01-12T22:49:08
John Robb talks to Jim about the Jan 6th events at the US Capitol: intel&ops failures, opensource insurgency, social media, Trump, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to John Ro...
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EP103 James Ehrlich on ReGen Villages from 2021-01-11T22:00:15
James Ehrlich talks to Jim about ReGen Villages: community types, de-urbanization&rural living, materialism, agriculture, and much more... James Ehrlich talks to Jim about what makes a ReGen V...
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EP102 Debora Spar on Technological Impacts on Culture from 2021-01-07T22:10:11
Debora Spar&Jim have a wide-ranging chat on some of the insights in her book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny. Debora Spar and Jim have a wide-ranging conversation o...
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EP101 Clayton Banks on the Digital Divide from 2021-01-04T22:03:36
Clayton Banks talks to Jim about essential tools&digital literacy, why&how he started Silicon Harlem, community dev, the FCC, and much more... Clayton Banks talks to Jim about bridging the dig...
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EP100 Sam Bowles on Our Cooperative Nature from 2020-12-21T22:09:33
Sam Bowles talks to Jim about his book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution: competition, hierarchy, game theory, and much more... Sam Bowles talks to Jim about his book...
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Currents 020: Barbara Oakley on Teaching Fluency from 2020-12-17T22:05:12
Barbara Oakley talks to Jim about fluency across domains, understanding-centered learning, education evolution, online learning, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim and Barbara Oakley...
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EP99 Jason Wiener on Alternative Business Structures from 2020-12-14T22:35:18
Jason Wiener talks to Jim about prioritizing missions in business, downfalls of profit-maximizing, employee ownership structures, and much more... Practicing business entity attorney Jason Wie...
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EP98 Morag Gamble on Permaculture from 2020-12-10T22:26:48
Morag Gamble talks to Jim about the history&dynamics of permaculture, education, regenerative farming, Crystal Waters EcoVillage, and much more... Morag Gamble talks to Jim about the history&...
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EP97 Emery Brown on Consciousness&Anesthesia from 2020-12-08T21:52:46
Emery Brown talks to Jim about anesthesiology as a probe on consciousness, brain networks&relationships, EEG dose calibration, and much more... Emery Brown joins Jim as the first in a series o...
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EP96 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 1 from 2020-11-30T22:34:40
Forrest Landry talks to Jim about his immanent metaphysics theory: the self, choice, interaction, time, soundness, mind vs matter, and much more... Forrest Landry talks to Jim about the value ...
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EP95 Alexander Bard on God in the Internet Age from 2020-11-23T22:09:20
Alexander Bard talks to Jim about Syntheism's new take on theology, religious history, science, Zoroastrianism, Facebook, wokeness, and much more... Alexander Bard talks to Jim about Syntheism...
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EP94 Shahin Farshchi on Self-Driving Tech from 2020-11-19T22:32:30
Shahin Farshchi talks to Jim about self-driving tech: 5 automation levels, safeguards, the consumer market, costs, policy, and much more... Shahin Farshchi talks to Jim about self-driving tech...
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Currents 019: Alexander Beiner on Indigenous Narcissism from 2020-11-17T22:45:15
Jim talks to Alexander Beiner about his new article on Indigenous Narcissism: western cultural norms, tribalism, social media, ethics, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim and Alexande...
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EP93 Brent Cooper on Critique, Consensus&Politics from 2020-11-16T22:29:01
Brent Cooper talks to Jim about the meta-crisis, critique, politics, GameB, monetary theory, climate policy, meta/post-modernism, and much more... Brent Cooper talks to Jim about his academic&...
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EP92 Alexa Clay on Intentional Communities from 2020-11-14T01:38:38
Alexa Clay talks to Jim about intentional communities: diversity, governance, cult dynamics, longevity, scale, norms, values, rituals, and much more... Alexa Clay talks to Jim about similar ch...
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EP91 Joe Brewer on Applied Cultural Evolution from 2020-11-09T21:57:36
Joe Brewer talks to Jim about applied cultural evolution, planetary human impact, regenerative agro, collapse, ethics, social capital, and much more... Joe Brewer talks to Jim about the power&...
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EP90 Joshua Epstein on Agent-Based Modeling from 2020-11-05T22:41:48
Joshua Epstein talks to Jim about agent-based modeling, differential equations, computational archeology, COVID-19 failures, and much more... Joshua Epstein talks to Jim about Agent-Based Mode...
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EP89 Lene Rachel Andersen on Metamodernity from 2020-11-02T22:10:59
Lene Rachel Andersen talks to Jim about how metamodernity addresses our complex problems, postmodernism, meaning-making, education, and much more... Lene Rachel Andersen talks to Jim about the...
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EP88 Nancy Hillis&Bruce Sawhill on Art&Complexity from 2020-10-30T20:55:59
Nancy Hillis & Bruce Sawhill talk to Jim about the similarities of complexity science&art: emergence, order&chaos, luck, and much more... Nancy Hillis & Bruce Sawhill talk to Jim about the com...
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Currents 018: The Future Thinkers Smart Village from 2020-10-29T22:04:20
Jim talks to Euvie Ivanova & Mike Gilliland about their Future Thinkers Smart Village: region, scaling, governance, economics, fundraising, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks t...
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Currents 017: Bret Weinstein on Unity 2020 from 2020-10-27T21:19:03
Jim talks to Bret Weinstein about his banning from Facebook, censorship on Twitter, the aspirations for his Unity 2020 movement, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Bret Wein...
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EP87 Joscha Bach on Theories of Consciousness from 2020-10-26T21:09:05
Joscha Bach talks to Jim about his views on popular consciousness theories, thinkers, dynamics, artificial intelligence, and much more... Joscha Bach and Jim start by talking about the differe...
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EP86 Nadav Zeimer on Educational Reform from 2020-10-22T21:53:02
Nadav Zeimer talks to Jim about being a high school principal, our educational failures, dynamics of his proposed academic platform, and much more... Nadav Zeimer talks to Jim about his backgr...
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Currents 016: Robin Hanson on Are We Living In A Simulation? from 2020-10-21T22:26:24
Jim talks to Robin Hanson about whether we live in a simulation or not, why it matters if we do, simulation types, the Fermi paradox, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Robi...
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EP85 Gar Alperovitz on Reinventing Our Systems from 2020-10-19T21:15:54
Gar Alperovitz talks Jim about system dynamics of ownership, control, politics, economics, US unions, governance, evolution, and much more... Gar Alperovitz talks to Jim about what his definit...
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Currents 015: Jessica Flack&Melanie Mitchell on Complexity from 2020-10-18T21:15:34
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Melanie Mitchell & Jessica Flack about the complexity of COVID, randomness, robustness, collective intelligence, misinfo, and much more... In this Currents...
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Currents 014: Steve LeVine on COVID-19 Futures from 2020-10-15T01:10:06
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Steve LeVine about his article, Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy, the US city exodus, and much more... In this Currents epi...
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EP84 William Perry&Tom Collina on The Nuclear Button from 2020-10-12T21:38:57
Former Sec of Defense William Perry&Tom Collina talk about their book, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race&Presidential Power, and much more... Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry&T...
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EP83 Michel Bauwens on Our Commons Transition from 2020-10-08T20:55:58
Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about P2P plurality, agro®eneration, capitalist impact on social media, blockchains, cosmo-localism, and much more... Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about the forms...
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Currents 013: Rob Malda on the Slashdot Story from 2020-10-08T14:26:58
Rob Malda (AKA: CmdrTaco) talks to Jim about the history&tech of Slashdot while speculating on what social media could learn from it. In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Rob Malda (AKA: CmdrT...
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EP82 Hanzi Freinacht on Building a Metamodern Future from 2020-10-05T21:57:07
Hanzi Freinacht talks to Jim about political metamodernism, Gameb, sensemaking, conspiracy, top-down vs bottom-up tactics, coherent pluralism, and much more... In a wide-ranging all-new episod...
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EP81 Renée DiResta on Social Media Warfare from 2020-10-01T23:04:11
Renée DiResta talks to Jim about social media dynamics, foreign influence, disinformation vs misinformation, political ads, conspiracy, and much more... Renée DiResta talks to Jim about her wo...
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EP80 Daniel Schmachtenberger on Better Sensemaking from 2020-09-28T20:55:53
Daniel Schmachtenberger talks to Jim about sensemaking&how it's impacted by algorithms, addiction, authority, conspiracy, education, and much more... Daniel Schmachtenberger talks to Jim about...
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EP79 Seth Lloyd on Our Quantum Universe from 2020-09-24T21:10:36
Seth Lloyd talks to Jim about the fundamentals of quantum physics, quantum computing, seeing the universe as a quantum computer, and much more... Seth Lloyd starts this episode by talking to J...
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Currents 012: Andrew Taggart on Narcissism, Culture&Dying from 2020-09-23T16:06:55
Andrew Taggart talks to Jim about philosophy, our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life&virtue, narcissism, community living, dying well, and more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to An...
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EP78 Ran Abramitzky on the Mystery of the Kibbutz from 2020-09-21T21:04:54
Ran Abramitzky talks to Jim about the kibbutz movement's history, social&economic impact, family life, other egalitarian projects, and more... Ran Abramitzky talks to Jim about his book, The M...
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EP77 Kamal Sinclair on Science, Storytelling&VR from 2020-09-14T20:59
Kamal Sinclair talks with Jim about fiction&science, the power of storytelling, new media&tech, VR, augmented&mixed reality, and much more... Kamal Sinclair talks with Jim about being an art d...
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EP76 Max Borders on the Social Singularity from 2020-09-07T21:27:21
Max Borders talks to Jim about singularities, social innovation, dysfunctional politics, democracy, vaccines, decentralization, cryptocurrency, and much more... Max Borders talks to Jim about ...
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EP75 Nick Chater:“The Mind Is Flat” from 2020-08-31T21:34:09
Nick Chater talks to Jim about his flat mind theory, depth psychology, the grand illusion, memory, emotion, confabulation, and much more... Nick Chater talks with Jim about his bold argument t...
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EP74 Daniel Christian Wahl on Regeneration Dynamics from 2020-08-27T23:18:28
Daniel Christian Wahl talks with Jim about GameB, recycling, development, eastern perspectives, consciousness, community, and much more... Daniel Christian Wahl talks with Jim about living at ...
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EP73 James Lindsay on Cynical Theories from 2020-08-24T21:12:39
James Lindsay talks with Jim about the history of social progress, illiberalism from postmodernism&its impact on science&culture, and much more... James Lindsay talks with Jim about his parody...
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EP72 Joscha Bach on Minds, Machines&Magic from 2020-08-17T21:36:08
Joscha Bach talks to Jim about AI, human vs animal intelligence, GPT-3, realism, emergence, magic, hybrid AI approaches, cybernetics, and much more... Joscha Bach talks to Jim about better und...
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Currents 011: Robin Hanson on RightTalkism from 2020-08-11T21:33:11
Jim talks to Robin Hanson about social signaling&their tribal roots, politics, fighting RightTalkism, rationality, social media, wokeism, and more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Robin...
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EP71 Philip Howard on Computational Propaganda from 2020-08-10T20:56:01
Philip Howard talks with Jim about organized&paid disinformation, tech&politics, the lie machine, journalism, privately-held data, and much more... Philip Howard talks with Jim about the impac...
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EP70 Art Brock&Ferananda Ibarra on Currencies from 2020-08-03T22:48:56
Art Brock&Ferananda Ibarra talk with Jim about the dynamics of currencies as seen in education, culture, reputation, relationships, markets, and much more... Art Brock&Ferananda Ibarra talk wi...
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EP69 Rachel Haywire on Free Thinking&Expression from 2020-07-31T21:43:03
Rachel Haywire talks to Jim about running for president, acting vs philosophizing, the art right, aesthetics, today's left&right, dark bohemianism, and much more... Rachel Haywire talks to Jim...
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Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species from 2020-07-28T22:32:52
Jim talks to Tyson Yunkaporta about what makes us a custodial species, time, increase vs growth, complex systems intervention, domestication, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim tal...
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EP68 Mara Zepeda on Innovative Collaboration from 2020-07-27T22:03:24
Mara Zepeda talks to Jim about co-founding a community platform, capital&creativity, alternative investment, extractive growth, empowering cooperatives, and much more... Mara Zepeda talks to J...
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EP67 Tomas Björkman on The Nordic Secret from 2020-07-20T21:06:11
Tomas Björkman talks to Jim about what made Nordic countries thrive, psychological development, the disappearance&possible re-emergence of the Bildung, and much more... Tomas Björkman talks to...
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Currents 009: Gregg Henriques on Theory Of Meta-Cultural Transition from 2020-07-18T14:44:33
Jim talks to Dr. Gregg Henriques about his tree of knowledge&meta-cultural transition, justification theory, meaning, consciousness, integrative pluralism, and much more... In this Currents ep...
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EP66 Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Knowledge from 2020-07-16T21:47:28
Tyson Yunkaport talks to Jim about GameB, indigenous cognition, elders&initiation, growth, spirit, sustainability agents, cryptocurrencies, cultural evolution, and much more... Tyson Yunkaport...
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EP65 Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Complexity from 2020-07-13T21:34:22
Tyson Yunkaporta talks to Jim about his Apalech Clan, human domestication, connected bioregions, cultural narcissism, value in ordeal, indigenous instinct, and much more... An important new th...
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EP64 Colin Wright on The New Evolution Deniers from 2020-07-09T22:29:25
Colin Wright talks with Jim about the new evolution deniers&its impact on his academic career, sex&gender, nature AND nurture, postmodernism, whiskey, and more... Colin Wright talks with Jim a...
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EP63 Michel Bauwens on P2P&Commons from 2020-07-06T21:50:15
Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about the P2P Foundation, markets&commons, alternative collaborative systems, seed to niche to norm, value, the future, and much more... P2P Foundation founder&dire...
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Currents 008: Christopher Conselice: Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligence from 2020-07-05T22:47:57
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to astrophysicist Christopher Conselice about his recent paper that estimates the number of communicating intelligent civilizations in the galaxy. Topics include...
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EP62 Zak Stein on Education, Tech&Religion from 2020-06-29T20:59:05
Zak Stein talks with Jim about tech in education, what advertising is teaching us, the role of religion in education, self-transcendence, Zak's 13 social miracles, and much more... Zak Stein t...
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Currents 007: David Fuller on the IDW from 2020-06-24T20:18:37
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Rebel Wisdom founder David Fuller about what the IDW is&how it relates to GameB, common IDW perspectives&its prescient points, the decline of journalism&sense...
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EP61 Howard Rheingold on Our Digital Past&Future from 2020-06-22T21:16:12
Howard Rheingold talks with Jim about his involvement in early computing&the internet, collaboration, internet risks, privacy, COVID-19, attention, and much more... Howard Rheingold talks with...
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Currents 006: Jim Coan on Our Social Recession from 2020-06-19T21:00:39
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Jim Coan about social recession, social origins&impacts on humanity, emergent group collaboration,'selfing'beyond the individual, bioenergetic resource manage...
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Currents 005: John Robb on Protest Tactics&Reforms from 2020-06-17T18:48:55
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to John Robb about an article that describes the military-style tactics leading to the capture and burning of a police headquarters in Minneapolis: specialized u...
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EP60 Zak Stein on Educational Systems Collapse from 2020-06-15T21:40:06
Zak Stein talks with Jim about existential risks of our education systems, revolutions, attention, educational tech, standards, 4 quadrants of systems, and much more... Zak Stein talks with Ji...
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EP59 Gregg Henriques on Unifying Psychology from 2020-06-11T23:32:02
Dr. Gregg Henriques talks to Jim about his unified theory of psychology; clinical vs scientific, postmodernism, justification theory, Gameb, shadow work, and much more... Dr. Gregg Henriques t...
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Currents 004: Michael Vassar on Passive-Aggressive Revolution from 2020-06-09T21:27:51
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Michael Vassar about how he defines the passive-aggressive revolution&the ways it could manifest in the US, how the George Floyd protests impact the revolutio...
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EP58 Jake Bornstein on Leadership&Clarity from 2020-06-08T21:27:13
Jake Bornstein talks to Jim about Game A vs Gameb, exploration vs exploitation, uncertainty&clarity, leadership, decentralization, psycho-tech, and much more... Jake Bornstein talks to Jim abo...
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Currents 003: Joe Norman on Localism&Scales of Cooperation from 2020-06-02T22:31:50
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Joe Norman about appropriately-sized community collaboration, family&local organization, government&market dysfunctions, cooperation-based sacrifice, bad acto...
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EP57 Zak Stein on Education in a Time Between Worlds from 2020-06-01T21:09:14
Zak Stein talks to Jim about, societal change, intergenerational transmission, the nature of education, teacherly authority, parenting, schooling, and much more... Zak Stein has a wide-ranging...
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EP56 Art Brock on Holo Tech from 2020-05-28T21:53:33
Arthur Brock talks to Jim about Holochain -- agent-centric design, key management, data integrity, validation, zomes, DNA, hApp's, search, HOT token, and much more... Arthur Brock&Fernanda Iba...
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Currents 002: Brian Hanley on Releasing the Vaccines from 2020-05-26T21:23:11
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Brian Hanley about his view on the economic impact&recovery of COVID-19, the dramatic social impacts emerging, his views&experience with vaccine creation, vac...
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EP55 Jack Murphy on Leaving the Left from 2020-05-25T21:25:34
Jack Murphy talks to Jim about The Liminal Order, attacks on masculinity, gender, post-modernism, impacts of social justice, racism, Trump, localism, and much more... Jack Murphy talks to Jim ...
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EP54 Robert Conan Ryan on Boom&Bust Cycles from 2020-05-18T21:14:38
Robert Conan Ryan talks with Jim about Neo Schumpeterianism: boom&bust cycles, 6 paradigms, organic vs digital, meaning-making, utopias, and much more... Robert Conan Ryan talks with Jim about...
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Currents 001: Simon DeDeo on University Censorship from 2020-05-14T20:53:13
In this inaugural Currents episode, Jim talks to Simon DeDeo about speech censorship at elite Anglosphere universities, differing generational perspectives on personal liberty, the coddled mind&pos...
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EP53 Hanzi Freinacht on the Nordic Ideology from 2020-05-11T21:38:40
Hanzi Freinacht talks to Jim about his book, Nordic Ideology; code, depth, complexity, cultural changeability, attractor points, game change, protopia, and much more... Hanzi Freinacht, politi...
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Extra: Memetic Warfare&Pandemic Responses with John Robb from 2020-05-07T20:45:18
Jim talks to John Robb about Defeat Disinfo, memetic armies, emerging economic implications of COVID-19, wicked risks, the break up of US, and more... In this short extra episode, Jim talks to J...
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EP52 Steven Levy on Facebook: The Inside Story from 2020-05-04T20:54:52
Steven Levy talks with Jim about his new book, Facebook: The Inside Story. Which covers the people, circumstances&philosophies that define Facebook. Steven Levy has a wide-ranging conversation...
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EP51 Richard Bartlett on Self-Organizing Collaboration from 2020-04-27T20:55:30
Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work&organization, Gameb, group size dynamics, big change movements&much more... Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his ...
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Extra: Key COVID-19 Decisions with John Robb from 2020-04-23T23:08:47
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to John Robb about network decision making&consensus vs dissent dynamics, COVID as a decision making test, herd immunity vs social distancing, key population ...
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EP50 Joe Brewer on Earth Regeneration from 2020-04-20T20:55:11
Joe Brewer talks to Jim about homeostasis in living systems, future collapse, fat-tail risks, evolutionary transitions, collaboration, bioregionalism, and much more... Joe Brewer talks to Jim ...
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Extra: COVID-19 Transformations with Nora Bateson from 2020-04-17T16:48:26
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Nora Bateson about how the pandemic is changing our relationship to time&mortality, recontextualizing the essential, non-linear future speculation, opportu...
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Extra: COVID-19 Network Epidemiology with Michelle Girvan from 2020-04-14T21:24:10
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Michelle Girvan about the network dynamics of COVID-19 spread, fat-tailed risks, unintuitive network insights, social distancing dynamics, efficiency vs ro...
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EP49 Laurence Gonzales on Deep Survival from 2020-04-13T21:22:53
Laurence Gonzales talks to Jim about his book “Deep Survival” a look at survival in extreme conditions from a cognitive science&“you are there” POV, and more... Author Laurence Gonzales talks ...
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Extra: On COVID-19 Opportunities with Jessica Flack from 2020-04-13T13:28:34
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Jessica Flack about stressing&testing cultural organization styles, optimizing for wholistic robustness, acting-oriented sensemaking, a department of wicke...
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Extra: On COVID-19 Strategies with Robin Hanson from 2020-04-09T20:55:50
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Robin Hanson about possible dosage related effects on exposure and the related trade-offs of viral dose&deliberate infection strategies, the need for more ...
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Extra: On Post-COVID-19 Impact with Simon DeDeo from 2020-04-07T22:36:48
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Simon DeDeo about what moving out of social isolation could be like, social norms for risk management, the wide diversity of COVID reactions, making sense ...
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EP48 Jessica Flack on Complex System Dynamics from 2020-04-07T01:23:59
Jessica Flack talks to Jim about causality in complex systems, theoretical biology, emergence, agent-based modeling, social policing,&much more... Professor Jessica Flack talks to Jim about mi...
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Extra: On COVID-19 Potentials with Bonnitta Roy from 2020-04-02T22:17:53
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Bonnitta Roy about what it means to ‘stay with the trouble’, habitual behavior, the value of reflection, consumerism, scarcity&abundance, resourcefulness, ...
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Extra: On Post COVID-19 Impacts with Ben Goertzel from 2020-04-01T22:00:12
In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Dr. Ben Goertzel about the economic&cultural impacts we could expect after the peak of COVID-19, the end of the tech backlash, income inequality, homeostas...
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Bonus: Jim on The Stoa, COVID&Game B from 2020-03-30T22:37:22
On this Bonus episode, Jim hosts a talk&Q&A on The Stoa. He reflects on the impacts&opportunities created by COVID-19, Game A vs Game B, complexity,&much more... In this bonus episode, Jim hos...
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Extra: On COVID-19&UBI with Bob Reid from 2020-03-27T22:34:23
In this short extra episode, Co-Founder&CEO of Everest Bob Reid talks with Jim about the core elements of an effective UBI, short vs long term UBI approaches for the US, the Everest platform’s UBI ...
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Extra: On COVID-19&Complexity with Jordan Hall from 2020-03-25T21:46:25
In this short extra episode, Jim talks with Jordan Hall about the lessons we are learning with respect to complex system dynamic response capabilities including: our current sensemaking&limitations...
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Extra: On COVID-19 with John Robb from 2020-03-24T22:54:20
In this short extra episode Jim talks with John Robb about how prepared we were for a pandemic like this, manufacturing, the economic&health impacts, CA&NY trends, impacts of ignoring quarantine, w...
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EP47 Mark Burgess on the Physics of Money from 2020-03-23T21:06:09
Mark Burgess talks with Jim about money through the promise theory lense -- banks, debt, interest, deflation, stockpiling, entropy, crypto, and much more... Author, founder&scientist Mark Burg...
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EP46 Daniel Schrag on Climate Dynamics from 2020-03-16T21:04:23
Daniel Schrag talks with Jim about global collective action, climate models&data collection, geoengineering, long-term thinking, our uncertain future, and much more... Professor Daniel Schrag ta...
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EP45 Beth Pyles on Faith, Peace&Community from 2020-03-09T21:54:23
Beth Pyles talks to Jim about why she left trial law to become a pastor, affluenza, spirituality&religion, peacemaking, foreign intervention, and much more... Beth Pyles talks to Jim about sma...
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EP44 Steve LeVine on EV Battery Tech from 2020-03-02T22:12:24
Steve LeVine talks with Jim about battery tech's role in sustainable transportation, his writing process for The Powerhouse, EV predictions, and much more... Steve LeVine talks with Jim about ...
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EP43 Daniel Christian Wahl on a Regenerative Future from 2020-02-24T22:14:43
Daniel Christian Wahl talks with Jim about bioregional regeneration, Game B, complexity theory, epistemic modesty, questions vs answers, money, spirituality, and much more... Daniel Christian Wa...
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EP42 Jessika Trancik on Tech&Research vs Climate Change from 2020-02-17T22:38:28
MIT professor&researcher Jessika Trancik talks with Jim about the dynamics&state of renewable energy tech&policies, decarbonization, carbon taxes, climate despair, and much more... MIT professor...
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EP41 Daniel Mezick on the Agile Organization from 2020-02-13T22:37:14
Daniel Mezick talks with Jim about agile process&organizations, how agile scrums work, openspace tech, change management, leadership, authority, complex systems, and much more... Daniel Mezick...
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EP40 Eric Smith on the Physics of Living Systems from 2020-02-10T22:42:34
Eric Smith talks with Jim about geochemistry&the origins of life, monetary systems&dynamics, interdisciplinarity linguistics, sustainability, civil society, and much more... Multidimensional t...
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EP39 John Koza on Bleeding Edges from 2020-02-03T22:00
Jim talks to the multi-talented thinker&creator John Koza about his secure lottery ticket tech, his genetic programming work, how&why he created the National Popular Vote bill, and much more...Mult...
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EP38 Tristan Harris on Humane Tech from 2020-01-27T22:00:56
Tristan Harris &Jim talk about his background in design ethics, dangers of ad targeting, game theory, time well spent, the global information war, trends to be optimistic about, and much more... ...
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EP37 Jared Janes on Spirituality from 2020-01-23T22:50:19
Jared Janes talks with Jim about spiritual language, altered states vs traits, suffering, the confabulated self, embodiment, concentration practices, metaphysics, and more...Meditator&thinker Jared...
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EP36 Hanzi Freinacht on Metamodernism from 2020-01-20T22:58:06
Hanzi Freinacht talks with Jim about postmodernism, value memes, cognitive complexity, societal code, the promises/dangers of metamodernism, and much more... Hanzi Freinacht, political philoso...
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EP35 Ken McCarthy on the History of Online Business from 2020-01-16T23:07:29
Ken McCarthy talks with Jim about the commercial shift of the internet, the evolution of internet media, online market potential, the high cost of free, and much more... Internet pioneer Ken M...
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EP34 Joe Edelman on the Power of Values from 2020-01-13T23:04:40
Joe Edelman talks with Jim about values, social norms&ideological commitments, pluralism&coherence, ‘time well spent’, ethical advertising, and much more... Joe Edelman, philosopher, social sc...
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EP33 Melanie Mitchell on the Elements of AI from 2020-01-06T22:08:49
Melanie Mitchell&Jim talk about the many approaches to creating AI, hype cycles, self-driving cars, what can be learned from human intelligence, and much more... Professor&Author Melanie Mitch...
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EP32 Jason Brennan on Irrational Democracy&Academia from 2019-12-30T22:00:01
Author&Professor Jason Brennan talks with Jim about teaching business school, libertarianism, poor incentives/outcomes in democracy&academia, and much more... Author&Research Professor Jason B...
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EP31 Forrest Landry on Building our Future from 2019-12-16T22:53:34
The multi-talented Forrest Landry talks with Jim about what motivates him, ethics&metaphysics, meaning&sense-making, collective action, collapse, and much more... Forrest Landry, philosopher, wri...
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EP30 Nora Bateson on Complexity&the Transcontextual from 2019-12-09T22:29:02
Nora Bateson talks with Jim about her recent book, her father&grandfather’s academic impact, thinking transcontextually, Game B, warm data labs, and much more... Nora Bateson, award-winning fi...
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EP29 Michael Mauboussin on The Success Equation from 2019-12-02T23:13:47
Michael Mauboussin talks with Jim about his latest book, SFI, investment, using variance&complexity, luck&skill, bias, IQ vs RQ, forecasting, and more... Michael Mauboussin, Director of Resear...
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EP28 Mark Burgess on Promise Theory, AI&Spacetime from 2019-11-25T05:00:02
Author, founder&scientist Mark Burgess talks with Jim about his career, physics skill set, CFEngine, Promise Theory, AI, free will, spacetime, and much more... Author, founder&scientist Mark B...
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EP27 Jamie Wheal on Flow&the Future of Culture from 2019-11-21T23:04:21
Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about flow, intrinsic&extrinsic motivation, group flow, GameB, the future of ecstatic state tech, cult leaders, and much more... Author Jamie Wheal talks with Jim abou...
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EP26 Jordan Hall on the Game B Emergence from 2019-11-19T01:29:51
Jordan Hall&Jim outline Game B's advantage over Game A, explore embodied wisdom, meaningfulness, Game B transitions&life, parasitizing Game A, and much more... Jordan Hall and Jim have another...
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EP25 Gary Marcus on Rebooting AI from 2019-11-14T23:44:05
Author&CEO Gary Marcus talks with Jim about his book, Rebooting AI, driverless cars, AI learning&intelligence, hybrid AI models&AI bias, and much more... Scientist, author&entrepreneur Gary Ma...
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EP24 Bret Weinstein on Evolving Culture from 2019-11-11T23:52:10
Bret Weinstein&Jim talk about unsustainable culture, dangerous algorithms, GameB, complexity, trade-offs, social media, today's left, Darwinian religion, and much more... Bret Weinstein and Ji...
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EP23 Jeff Gomez on Narrative&Cultural Change from 2019-11-05T00:02:20
Jim talks with CEO Jeff Gomez about working on movies, games&media, transmedia storytelling, fandom, working with the US gov, propaganda, Game B, and much more... CEO Jeff Gomez and Jim have a...
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EP22 Sara Kindsfater-Yerkes on the Evolution of Business from 2019-10-31T22:33:52
Consultant Sara Kindsfater-Yerkes&Jim talk about leadership today, HR teams, embracing change, team engagement, honesty, gender dynamics, being offended, and much more... Business Consultant S...
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EP21 Roman Yampolskiy on the Outer Limits of AI from 2019-10-28T22:35:39
AI expert Roman Yampolskiy&Jim have a wide-ranging talk about simulation theory, types of intelligence, AI research&safety, the singularity, and much more... This conversation with Jim and Dr....
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EP20 Pamela McCorduck on Her Life&Times with AI from 2019-10-24T21:07:04
Author Pamela McCorduck talks to Jim about her new book, the humanities&sciences divide, her friendships with AI pioneers, risks of AI, feminism, and more... Author Pamela McCorduck talks with ...
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EP19 John Robb on Asymmetric&Networked Conflict&Strategy from 2019-10-21T21:00:14
Author, inventor, tech analyst, engineer, and military pilot John Robb talks to Jim about drone attacks, internet-age networks, geopolitics, AGI, and much more... This conversation with Jim a...
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EP18 Stuart Kauffman on Complexity, Biology&T.A.P. from 2019-10-17T21:52:12
Professor, MacArthur Fellow&author Stuart Kauffman talks with Jim about complexity, biology&the origins of life, social/technical evolution, and much more... Professor, MacArthur Fellow and au...
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EP17–Bonnitta Roy on Process Thinking and Complexity from 2019-10-14T08:00:38
Bonnitta Roy teaches insight practices for individuals who are developing meta-cognitive skills, and hosts collective insight retreats for groups interested in breaking away from limiting patterns ...
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EP16 Anaconda CTO Peter Wang on The Distributed Internet from 2019-10-07T08:00:38
Peter Wang is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Anaconda, the leading Python tools and data analytics company. Peter holds a B.A. in Physics from Cornell University and has been developing...
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EP15 Futurist David Brin on The Case for Optimism from 2019-09-30T08:00:26
David Brin is best-known for shining light — plausibly and entertainingly — on technology, society, and countless challenges confronting our rambunctious civilization. His bestselling novels includ...
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EP14 Astrophysicist Jill Tarter on SETI and Technosignatures from 2019-09-23T08:00:58
Jill Tarter received her Bachelor of Engineering Physics Degree with Distinction from Cornell University and her Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley...
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EP13 Trent McConaghy: Blockchain, AI and DAOs from 2019-09-16T08:00:18
Trent McConaghy is the Founder of Ocean Protocol. He has 20 years of deep technology experience with a focus on machine learning, data visualization and user experience. He was a researcher at the ...
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EP12 Brian Nosek–Open Science and Reproducibility from 2019-09-12T08:00:52
Brian Nosek is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science (COS) that operates the Open Science Framework. COS is enabling open and reproducible research practices worldwide. B...
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EP11 Dave Snowden and Systems Thinking from 2019-09-09T08:00:46
Dave Snowden is Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy and org...
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EP10 David Krakauer: Complexity Science from 2019-09-03T08:00:51
David Krakauer is President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. David’s research focuses on the evolutionary history of information processing mechanisms i...
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EP9 Joe Norman: Applied Complexity from 2019-08-27T08:00:56
Joe Norman is an applied complexity scientist with a focus on transforming insights gleaned from complex systems science into practical and implementable strategies and tactics for grappling with a...
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Special Episode: Zachary Vorhies from 2019-08-21T20:30:44
Zachary Vorhies recently resigned as a senior software engineer at YouTube. Employed by Google since 2008, Vorhies collected a large cache of documents that he claims demonstrates that Google inten...
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EP8 Jordan“Greenhall”Hall and Game B from 2019-08-19T08:00:27
Jordan is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He is now in his 17th year of building disruptive technology companies. Jordan's interests in comics, science fiction,...
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EP7 Daniel Schmachtenberger and the Evolution of Technology from 2019-08-12T08:00:20
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the he...
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EP 6 Douglas Rushkoff–Memetics, Money + TeamHuman from 2019-08-05T08:00:27
Douglas Rushkoff is the host of the Team Human podcast and author of Team Human as well as a dozen other bestselling books on media, technology, and culture, including, Throwing Rocks at the Google...
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EP5 Lee Smolin–Quantum Foundations and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution from 2019-07-26T08:00:46
Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist who has been since 2001 a founding and senior faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His main contributions have been so far to the qua...
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EP4 Cory Doctorow–“Radicalized,”Race and Resilience from 2019-07-19T08:00:24
Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist, blogger, and co-editor of Boing Boing. He is the author of Radicalized and Walkaway, science fiction for adults; a young adult graph...
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EP3 Dr. Ben Goertzel–OpenCog, AGI and SingularityNET from 2019-07-15T08:00:09
Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chief Scientist of robotics firm Hanson Robotics and financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; Chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind ...
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EP2 Robin Hanson–Decision Making and“The Age of Em” from 2019-07-08T20:30:24
Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics, and received his Ph.D in 1997 in social sciences from Caltech. He joined George Mason's economics faculty in 1999 after completing a two-year po...
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EP1 Simon DeDeo–The Evolution of Consciousness from 2019-07-07T20:31:52
Simon DeDeo is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is also affiliated with t...
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