Jim talks with Zak Stein and Marc Gafni about consciousness, attention, and value as fundamental aspects of reality. They explore continuity & discontinuity in evolution, phenomenology & naturalism, emergence, value theory, selection theory, mathematics as both discovered & created, pre-life organic chemistry, sexual selection & evolutionary dynamics, attraction/allurement across different emergent layers, evolving value, first … Continue reading EP 314 Zak Stein and Marc Gafni on the Nature of Everything →
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The following is a rough transcript which has not been revised by The Jim Rutt Show, Zak Stein, or Marc Gafni. Please check with us before using any quotations from this transcript. Thank you. Jim: Today’s guests are Zak Stein and Marc Gafni. Zak’s a writer, educator, and futurist working to bring a greater sense … Continue reading Transcript of EP 314 – Zak Stein and Marc Gafni on the Nature of Everything →
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Jim talks with Zak Stein about the psychological and developmental risks of AI in K-12 education. They discuss education vs schooling, technology’s role in human-to-human interaction, GPS & skill atrophy, prosthetic vs enhancement technologies, multipolar traps in AI, cognitive diminishment & skill development, teacherly authority, attention as a constrained resource, attention as a service, parasocial … Continue reading EP 301 Zak Stein on K-12 Education in the AI Era →
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The following is a rough transcript which has not been revised by The Jim Rutt Show or Zak Stein. Please check with us before using any quotations from this transcript. Thank you. Jim: Today’s guest is Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator, and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice … Continue reading Transcript of EP 301 – Zak Stein on K-12 Education in the AI Era →
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Jim talks with recurring guest Zak Stein about the Consilience Project’s article “Technology is Not Values Neutral: Ending the Reign of Nihilistic Design“…
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The following is a rough transcript which has not been revised by The Jim Rutt Show or Zak Stein. Please check with us before using any quotations from this transcript. Thank you. Jim: Just a quick plug before we get started with today’s show. If you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at … Continue reading Transcript of Currents 067: Zak Stein on Ending Nihilistic Design →
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The following is a rough transcript which has not been revised by The Jim Rutt Show or by Zak Stein. Please check with us before using any quotations from this transcript. Thank you. Jim: Today’s guest is Zach Stein. Zach’s been on the show a couple, three, four times before I think. Some very interesting … Continue reading Transcript of Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War →
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Zak Stein & Jim have a wide-ranging talk inspired by two recent Consilience Project essays on the information war & propaganda…
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Zak Stein & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the history & dynamics of hierarchical complexity & human development…
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The following is a rough transcript which has not been revised by The Jim Rutt Show or by Zak Stein. Please check with us before using any quotations from this transcript. Thank you. Jim: Today’s guest is Zak Stein, a writer, an educator, and a futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and … Continue reading Transcript of Episode 113 – Zak Stein on Hierarchical Complexity →
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