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EP 310 Samo Burja on Anduril's Plan to Modernize the US Military
Season 1 Episode 310
Jim talks with Samo Burja about his report on the defense startup Anduril's plan to modernize the U.S. military. They discuss "live players vs. dead players," AI adoption & cognitive tools, Anduril's…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 309 Richard David Hames on the Final Performance of Western Civilization?
Season 1 Episode 309
Jim talks with Richard David Hames, picking up from the ideas in his recent Facebook essay about the decline of Western civilization. They discuss the retreat from truth in politics & institutions, p…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 308 David Chapman on Rethinking Nobility
Season 1 Episode 308
Jim talks with David Chapman about rethinking nobility for the modern age through his recent "nobility tetralogy" of essays. They discuss character & virtue as "risible" concepts, noblesse oblige & e…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 307 Thomas Schindler on Heliogenic Civilization
Season 1 Episode 307
Jim talks with Thomas Schindler about heliogenic civilization as a vision for a regenerative future. They discuss the current multipolar trap shitshow of global civilization, M3 money supply & GDP gr…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 306 Anders Indset on The Singularity Paradox
Season 1 Episode 306
Jim talks with Anders Indset about his book The Singularity Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Humanity and AI, co-authored with Florian Neutkart. They discuss the "final narcissistic injury of humank…
Published on 2 months ago
EP 305 J. Doyne Farmer on Complexity Economics
Season 1 Episode 305
Jim talks with J. Doyne Farmer about his book Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World. They discuss deterministic chaos & strange attractors, how chaos makes time possible, bound…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
EP 304 Samuel Arbesman on The Magic of Code
Season 1 Episode 304
Jim talks with Samuel Arbesman about the ideas in his book The Magic of Code: How Digital Language Created and Connects Our World—and Shapes Our Future. They discuss Sam's motivation for writing the …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
EP 303 Mark Stahlman on Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church's Missionary Turn
Season 1 Episode 303
Jim talks with Mark Stahlman about the new Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church's evolving role in a digital age. They discuss Trump as an avatar of the digital paradigm shift, the significance of Le…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
EP 302 Daniel Mezick on Games and Governance
Season 1 Episode 302
Jim talks with Daniel Mezick on the theme of games and their relationship to governance. They discuss Jane McGonigal's four properties of games, the nature of authority, position-based vs role-based …
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
EP 301 Zak Stein on K-12 Education in the AI Era
Season 1 Episode 301
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 atr…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago