Jon Burks

Are we just living in a giant corporate game of mind control? My guest this week believes so. @jim_rutt is an early internet pioneer, former chair of the Santa Fe Institute & co-founder of Game B, and we chat all things markets, memes and dopamine. He's one of the wisest, rawest, no BS people I've ever met, so if you're keen to change the game for better, this is one for you. 1:42 - Intro 3:38 - Tech hygiene practices 6:57 - Why tech sabbaticals? 10:12 - The allure of slot machines 15:02 - Building tech responsibly 21:38 - Status games 23:34 - The market as an information ecosystem 31:38 - Digital status games 38:42 - Definition of Game A and Game B 52:14 - Preventing system collapse 01:05:52 - Practical Game B experiments 01:18:00 - Why Game A is self-terminating 1:27:45 - Planetary boundaries and population size 1:39:41 - How to fix the game from within it? 1:41:45 - Defeating tyrants and "big men" 1:49:18 - Jim's trillion dollar idea 2:00:31 - AI consciousness 2:14:36 - Consciousness vs Intelligence 2:22:48 - The high stakes game of AI consciousness 2:26:32 - Rapid fire predictions 2:28:53 - Jim's Win-Win Win-Win Podcast Episode no. 48