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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…
Continue reading Currents 016: Robin Hanson on Are We Living In A Simulation?
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Gar Alperovitz talks Jim about system dynamics of ownership, control, politics, economics, US unions, governance, evolution, and much more…
Continue reading EP85 Gar Alperovitz on Reinventing Our Systems
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In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Melanie Mitchell & Jessica Flack about the complexity of COVID, randomness, robustness, collective intelligence, misinfo, and much more…
Continue reading Currents 015: Jessica Flack & Melanie Mitchell on Complexity
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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…
Continue reading Currents 014: Steve LeVine on COVID-19 Futures
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Former Sec of Defense William Perry & Tom Collina talk about their book, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race & Presidential Power, and much more…
Continue reading EP84 William Perry & Tom Collina on The Nuclear Button
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Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about P2P plurality, agro & regeneration, capitalist impact on social media, blockchains, cosmo-localism, and much more…
Continue reading EP83 Michel Bauwens on Our Commons Transition
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Rob Malda (AKA: CmdrTaco) talks to Jim about the history & tech of Slashdot while speculating on what social media could learn from it.
Continue reading Currents 013: Rob Malda on the Slashdot Story
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Hanzi Freinacht talks to Jim about political metamodernism, Gameb, sensemaking, conspiracy, top-down vs bottom-up tactics, coherent pluralism, and much more…
Continue reading EP82 Hanzi Freinacht on Building a Metamodern Future
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Renée DiResta talks to Jim about social media dynamics, foreign influence, disinformation vs misinformation, political ads, conspiracy, and much more…
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Daniel Schmachtenberger talks to Jim about sensemaking & how it’s impacted by algorithms, addiction, authority, conspiracy, education, and much more…
Continue reading EP80 Daniel Schmachtenberger on Better Sensemaking