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Hanzi Freinacht talks with Jim about postmodernism, value memes, cognitive complexity, societal code, the promises/dangers of metamodernism, and much more…
EP35 Ken McCarthy on the History of Online Business
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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…
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EP34 Joe Edelman on the Power of Values
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Joe Edelman talks with Jim about values, social norms & ideological commitments, pluralism & coherence, ‘time well spent’, ethical advertising, and much more…
EP33 Melanie Mitchell on the Elements of AI
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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…
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EP32 Jason Brennan on Irrational Democracy & Academia
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Author & Professor Jason Brennan talks with Jim about teaching business school, libertarianism, poor incentives/outcomes in democracy & academia, and much more…
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EP31 Forrest Landry on Building our Future
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The multi-talented Forrest Landry talks with Jim about what motivates him, ethics & metaphysics, meaning & sense-making, collective action, collapse, and much more…
EP30 Nora Bateson on Complexity & the Transcontextual
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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…
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EP29 Michael Mauboussin on The Success Equation
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Michael Mauboussin talks with Jim about his latest book, SFI, investment, using variance & complexity, luck & skill, bias, IQ vs RQ, forecasting, and more…
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EP28 Mark Burgess on Promise Theory, AI & Spacetime
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Author, founder & scientist Mark Burgess talks with Jim about his career, physics skill set, CFEngine, Promise Theory, AI, free will, spacetime, and much more…
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EP27 Jamie Wheal on Flow & the Future of Culture
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Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about flow, intrinsic & extrinsic motivation, group flow, GameB, the future of ecstatic state tech, cult leaders, and much more…
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