Feeling dumb is what actual learning feels like.

"a catch for those greedy grubs; each agent remembers who has defected against them and physically avoids them from then on" Aay lmaao

#Doodles #Cartoons #Screenshotsaturday

For any of you on #LessWrong, I've got some of my posts as sequences over there on the topics of: #Polymaths #Moloch #Alignment & #GameTheory. Feel free to nerd-out in the comments.

I know this is technically sort of crossing the streams... but I really wanted to share what I'm doing in my other life as a documentary filmmaker #NewZealand #Filmmaking

What series of videos do you find yourself watching/listening-to for hours that you really don’t need the information from, but you enjoy the company? For me, it’s Mike Israetel workout videos.

Acronyms we use everyday with no idea what they mean (speaking for myself): URL: Uniform Resource Locator GPT: Generative Pre-Trained Transformer JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group MP3: Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Audio Layer III SIM: Subscriber Identity Module USB: Universal Serial Bus

Scientists discovered 24 new deep-sea species and a new branch of life in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. With most species still undescribed, decisions about deep-sea mining risk being made before we know what’s there. Stop TMC's deep-sea mining project. WE NEED REFORM NOW! bsky.app/profile/deep...

"The Human Acceptance Project" was a simple and fun submission from a subscriber; Destiny, as one of our first collaborations—submit your own! #collaborations #creativity #sharing

Hey we just got 100 subs on youtube, which I've been neglecting, perhaps people actually use that little-known platform.

The next podcast is about emergent gravity, I've link through to the page so you can play the audio while playing with the simulation. Enjoy #Science #Physics #Gravity #Interactive #Simulation #gamedev #game

Emptiness. Ink on brown kraft paper with dip pen. Thinking about it, I might add some golden strokes here and there. #art #blueskyart #artist #ink #drawing #alternative #abstractart #cloudy #anxiety #stress #depression

I realised this morning I have this little routine when walking my dog Onyx. He's on a mission, highly vigilant, and I say in a nice calm voice "Hey bud". He looks up at me, then does this shake then walks in a much more relaxed manner—it's like the dog equivalent of switching to being present.

Why are we here? Because if weren’t, we wouldn’t know it… #physics #philosohy #cosmology #atheism #god

Hey, wanna play game? "YES!" It's about voting... "Er.." There's also reading to do... "..." Hello? #VeilOfIgnorance #JohnRawls #GameDev #Unity #Elections #Voting #Politics #Selfishness #Selflessness

How do emergent phenomena happen in a world determined by the law of entropy? #emergence #entropy #thermodynamics #gametheory #PhilosophySky #podcasts #AcademicSky #art

I hate when people who got free uni education or never had to worry about a dime, do everything they can to burn the bridges behind them because landlords and tobacco companies needed their tax cuts.

Quick poll: what podcast player do you use? (If your answer is not in the replies, post a reply with your answer. If your answer is there, give it a like to indicate your vote)

Why are we here? Because if weren’t, we wouldn’t know it… #physics #philosohy #cosmology #atheism #god

We should stop framing climate solutions as trees vs tech. 🌳⚙️ Different #CarbonRemoval methods solve different problems—pitting them against each other is misleading and slows progress. We need portfolios, not polarization. #ClimateAction 🧪🌍🌐 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Keen to collaborate? Check out our collaborative corner for ways we can work together! #collab #collaboration #creativity #cooperation

Business Legend Warren Buffet calls out America's Billionaires If 800 other major corporations paid what Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway did in taxes, Americans wouldn't have to pay a dime.

Apropos of nothing, this was just fascinating

Hey non-zero heroes. If you follow me, you must enjoy the #podcast, which is great—because put a lot of work into it. The full Polymaths series is up now and if you'd like to help build momentum with me, when you listen to this please "follow" on your podcatcher it helps a lot! I appreciate you :)

Hey, wanna play game? "YES!" It's about voting... "Er.." There's also reading to do... "..." Hello? #VeilOfIgnorance #JohnRawls #GameDev #Unity #Elections #Voting #Politics #Selfishness #Selflessness

I'm currently writing a blog on #parenting, which has various non-zero-sum aspects to it. Anyone have any questions / statements they'd like addressed?

A perfect non-zero-sum poem from Skyscraper Stan.

This book was MAGIC to me as a kid. #88 (1970s) #books #booksky #classics #readingcommunity #365books

I was explaining to a nihilist today about non-zero dynamics... "we on earth benefit from a near endless stream of energy coming from the sun, which has enabled inefficient vehicles for growth to generate unfathomable emergent phenomena, right up to our own brains and beyond..." It came out nice..

If you saw #ICE abducting a mother & taking her away from her little daughter like what's happening in this video, what would you say or do? What would you have done to prevent what happened in the Holocaust? Do that now while we still have some power. Fight fascism with everything you've got!

Our 50th episode on the podcast! Part 4 of our alignment series "The SCALE of the Issue" This episode looks at humanity's alignment problem at three different scales, the human, the political and an issue at the core of our microscopic biology #biology #alignment #AI #GoalAlignment #Ethics #XRisk

Yo Bluesky! Please make an edit post button.

How do we align the interests of the individual and the collective? We look at examples from history of leaders and thinkers that did just that in the 3rd episode of our series on The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About #Collectivism #Aristotle #Kendi #Mill #JohnStuartMill #JohnKey #Nixon

Just read this great piece by Thomas Johannsen, a perfect resource for exiting the problematic big tech monopolies (and inspiring you to do so). If you've already made the shift to Bluesky for ethical reasons, here are the next steps in your journey toward digital sainthood.

New audio for "WHY?—can we have both fairness & progress?". Check it out on the site or on the podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/6nK6...

Want to unlock your inner genius? This series on Polymaths explore a non-zero-sum approach to innovation. The third and final part dropped today! #Polymath #Genius #Descartes #Newton #Musk #CrossPollination #TransferableSkills #Fails #Success #Obsidian

This could be the defining speech of our time: "the middle powers" #Carney #InternationalRelations #realpolitik #NWO

Thanks to all 10,000 of you!!! You're all non-zero-heroes. I hope you're still enjoying the produce. #thanks

Top pick xxxxx The Agony & The Ecstasy—Irving Stone - xxxxx The Trading Game—Gary Stevenson (close 2nd) xxxxx Agrarian Justice—Thomas Paine xxxxx The Red Queen—Matt Ridley xxxxx Influence—Robert Cialdini xxxxx One Day—David Nicholls (the series was even better) xxxxx Mythos—Stephen Fry

Innovators throughout the ages have found ways to apply knowledge in one area of expertise to another domain to create breakthroughs. This series makes a strong case for "reasoning by analogy". See if this shift in perspective unlocks your inner genius. #Polymaths #Genius #Innovation #Musk

When the rich are buying bunkers, does it not occur to them that that money would be better spent creating a world that doesn’t need bunkers?

Are we living through a new Victorian era? youtu.be/E4D5doaKulk

Sometimes #HackerNews does me a real solid, the right person shares the site and boom! 15k visitors in one day 🤯

There are some problematic messages and role-models influencing young men today. Our new episode 'Masculinity—a case for courage' is conceived through a non-zero-sum lens and draws on modern thinkers who are having a more healthy conversation. #MRAs #mensrights #feminism #gender #AndrewTate #Rogan

Ooopsies. Sorry, the last two links I sent out were meant to have audio content, but they were embedded incorrectly! So, you poor people had to read! Here are the links again, with audio embedded correctly... nonzerosum.games/oneperson.html and nonzerosum.games/masculinity....

I've swapped my morning coffee out for matcha, but I sweeten it with salted caramel protein powder. I call it my "Macho Latte". #Matcha #Macho #GreenTea #Coffee

A special guest episode from software engineer and Aristotle scholar Andrew Tane Glen (also my best mate), voiced by the man himself, introducing the Super-Defector! #Cooperation #Evolution #History #Philosophy #Anthropology

This brilliant. I've experimented with making similar simulators before, but this from Giving What We Can is so well executed and needed right now... some perspective, and just how lucky we (some of us) are. #charity #wealth #redistribution #fairness #equity #equality