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Currents 093: Rafe Kelley on Natural Movement
Season 1
Jim talks with Rafe Kelley about the parkour-based movement system he created and teaches, Evolve Move Play. They discuss electromagnetic pulses, com…
2 years, 11 months ago
Currents 092: Peter Wang on The Meaning Crisis and Consequentiality
Season 1
Jim talks with Peter Wang about his idea that meaning comes from making consequential choices. They discuss the immediacy of consequences, the modeli…
2 years, 11 months ago
Currents 091: Bruce Damer on Psychedelics as Tools for Discovery
Season 1
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, E…
2 years, 11 months ago
EP 185 Daniel Suarez on the Near Future of Space Exploration
Season 1 Episode 185
Jim talks with Daniel Suarez about his science-fiction imaginings in the near future of space exploration, Delta-V and Critical Mass. They discuss th…
2 years, 11 months ago
EP 184 Dave Snowden on Managing Complexity in Times of Crisis
Season 1 Episode 184
Jim talks with Dave Snowden about the document he co-authored, "Managing Complexity (And Chaos) In Times of Crisis." They discuss the Cynefin framewo…
2 years, 11 months ago
Currents 090: BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan on Egregores
Season 1
Jim talks with BJ Campbell and Patrick Ryan about understanding the present moment through the concept of egregores. They discuss the meaning of the …
2 years, 11 months ago
Currents 089: Erik Torenberg on Status Games
Season 1
Jim talks with Erik Torenberg about the ideas in his Substack series on navigating the status games of today. They discuss status as reputation alloc…
2 years, 11 months ago
EP 183 Forrest Landry Part 2: AI Risk
Season 1 Episode 183
Jim continues his conversation with recurring guest Forrest Landry on his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to …
2 years, 11 months ago
Currents 088: Melanie Mitchell on AI Measurement and Understanding
Season 1
Jim talks with Melanie Mitchell about her critique of applying standardized exams to LLMs and the debate over understanding in AI. They discuss ChatG…
3 years ago
EP 182 Brad DeLong on An Economic History of the 20th Century
Season 1 Episode 182
Jim talks with Brad DeLong about his book Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. They discuss how everything changed …
3 years ago