The Jim Rutt Show

EP112 Annie Duke on Bets & Better Decisions

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Annie Duke & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about how key themes in her last two books lead to making better bets & decisions... Annie Duke &...

EP111 Anatol Lieven on Climate & Nationalism

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anatol Lieven & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his latest book, Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case... Anatol Lieven...

EP110 Brad Kershner on Education & Complexity

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Kershner & Jim on his book, Understanding Educational Complexity: Integrating Practices and Perspectives for 21st Century Leadership... ...

Currents 026: Bill Ottman on Minds.com

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Ottman & Jim have a wide-ranging talk on the state of social media and his open-source social platform, Minds.com... In this currents ep...

EP109 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 2

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Forrest Landry & Jim build on the foundation they built in his last JRS episode to continue to flesh out Forrest's Immanent Metaphysics... ...

EP108 Bernard Baars on Consciousness

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bernard Baars talks to Jim about some of the key ideas in his book, On Consciousness: Science & Subjectivity... Bernard Baars talks to J...

Currents 025: Ben Goertzel on Decentralizing Social Media

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Ben Goertzel & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about the urgent need for decentralized tech platforms. They cover Jim's rec...

EP107 Tristan Harris on Our Social Dilemma

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tristan Harris & Jim on his hugely successful documentary, The Social Dilemma: social media good, harms, regulation, bold interventions, and much mor...

Currents 024: BJ Campbell on the Woke Religion

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BJ Campbell has a wide-ranging talk with Jim about article, "Social Justice is a Crowdsourced Religion", reflects on the future of wokeism, and much m...

EP106 Michael Strevens on the Irrational History of Science

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Stevens talks to Jim about some of the ideas & stories in his book, The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science... ...

EP105 Christof Koch on Consciousness

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christof Koch & Jim have a wide-ranging conversation about the science of consciousness and his book, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is...

EP104 Joe Henrich on WEIRD People

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Henrich talks to Jim about some of the key insights from his book, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar ...

Currents 023: Terry Gainer on the January 6th Riot

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Terry Gainer talks to Jim about his views on the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol... In this Currents ep...

Currents 022: Curtis Yarvin on Institutional Failure

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Curtis Yarvin about his recent article, "2020, the year of everything fake": presentism, history, COVID-19 response failures, and much mo...

Currents 021: John Robb on Jan 6th, 2021

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Robb talks to Jim about the Jan 6th events at the US Capitol: intel & ops failures, opensource insurgency, social media, Trump, and much more... ...

EP103 James Ehrlich on ReGen Villages

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Ehrlich talks to Jim about ReGen Villages: community types, de-urbanization & rural living, materialism, agriculture, and much more... ...

EP102 Debora Spar on Technological Impacts on Culture

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Debora Spar & Jim have a wide-ranging chat on some of the insights in her book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny. ...

EP101 Clayton Banks on the Digital Divide

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Clayton Banks talks to Jim about essential tools & digital literacy, why & how he started Silicon Harlem, community dev, the FCC, and much more... ...

EP100 Sam Bowles on Our Cooperative Nature

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Bowles talks to Jim about his book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution: competition, hierarchy, game theory, and much mor...

Currents 020: Barbara Oakley on Teaching Fluency

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Barbara Oakley talks to Jim about fluency across domains, understanding-centered learning, education evolution, online learning, and much more... ...

EP99 Jason Wiener on Alternative Business Structures

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Wiener talks to Jim about prioritizing missions in business, downfalls of profit-maximizing, employee ownership structures, and much more... ...

EP98 Morag Gamble on Permaculture

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Morag Gamble talks to Jim about the history & dynamics of permaculture, education, regenerative farming, Crystal Waters EcoVillage, and much more... ...

EP97 Emery Brown on Consciousness & Anesthesia

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emery Brown talks to Jim about anesthesiology as a probe on consciousness, brain networks & relationships, EEG dose calibration, and much more... ...

EP96 Forrest Landry on Immanent Metaphysics: Part 1

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Forrest Landry talks to Jim about his immanent metaphysics theory: the self, choice, interaction, time, soundness, mind vs matter, and much more... ...

EP95 Alexander Bard on God in the Internet Age

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Bard talks to Jim about Syntheism's new take on theology, religious history, science, Zoroastrianism, Facebook, wokeness, and much more... ...

EP94 Shahin Farshchi on Self-Driving Tech

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shahin Farshchi talks to Jim about self-driving tech: 5 automation levels, safeguards, the consumer market, costs, policy, and much more... ...

Currents 019: Alexander Beiner on Indigenous Narcissism

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Alexander Beiner about his new article on Indigenous Narcissism: western cultural norms, tribalism, social media, ethics, and much more.....

EP93 Brent Cooper on Critique, Consensus & Politics

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brent Cooper talks to Jim about the meta-crisis, critique, politics, GameB, monetary theory, climate policy, meta/post-modernism, and much more... ...

EP92 Alexa Clay on Intentional Communities

14 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alexa Clay talks to Jim about intentional communities: diversity, governance, cult dynamics, longevity, scale, norms, values, rituals, and much more.....

EP91 Joe Brewer on Applied Cultural Evolution

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Brewer talks to Jim about applied cultural evolution, planetary human impact, regenerative agro, collapse, ethics, social capital, and much more.....

EP90 Joshua Epstein on Agent-Based Modeling

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Epstein talks to Jim about agent-based modeling, differential equations, computational archeology, COVID-19 failures, and much more... ...

EP89 Lene Rachel Andersen on Metamodernity

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lene Rachel Andersen talks to Jim about how metamodernity addresses our complex problems, postmodernism, meaning-making, education, and much more... ...

EP88 Nancy Hillis & Bruce Sawhill on Art & Complexity

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nancy Hillis & Bruce Sawhill talk to Jim about the similarities of complexity science & art: emergence, order & chaos, luck, and much more... ...

Currents 018: The Future Thinkers Smart Village

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Euvie Ivanova & Mike Gilliland about their Future Thinkers Smart Village: region, scaling, governance, economics, fundraising, and much...

Currents 017: Bret Weinstein on Unity 2020

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Bret Weinstein about his banning from Facebook, censorship on Twitter, the aspirations for his Unity 2020 movement, and much more... ...

EP87 Joscha Bach on Theories of Consciousness

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joscha Bach talks to Jim about his views on popular consciousness theories, thinkers, dynamics, artificial intelligence, and much more... J...

EP86 Nadav Zeimer on Educational Reform

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nadav Zeimer talks to Jim about being a high school principal, our educational failures, dynamics of his proposed academic platform, and much more......

Currents 016: Robin Hanson on Are We Living In A Simulation?

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Robin Hanson about whether we live in a simulation or not, why it matters if we do, simulation types, the Fermi paradox, and much more.....

EP85 Gar Alperovitz on Reinventing Our Systems

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gar Alperovitz talks Jim about system dynamics of ownership, control, politics, economics, US unions, governance, evolution, and much more... ...

Currents 015: Jessica Flack & Melanie Mitchell on Complexity

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Melanie Mitchell & Jessica Flack about the complexity of COVID, randomness, robustness, collective intellige...

Currents 014: Steve LeVine on COVID-19 Futures

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Steve LeVine about his article, Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy, the US cit...

EP84 William Perry & Tom Collina on The Nuclear Button

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former Sec of Defense William Perry & Tom Collina talk about their book, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race & Presidential Power, and much more... ...

EP83 Michel Bauwens on Our Commons Transition

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about P2P plurality, agro & regeneration, capitalist impact on social media, blockchains, cosmo-localism, and much more......

Currents 013: Rob Malda on the Slashdot Story

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Malda (AKA: CmdrTaco) talks to Jim about the history & tech of Slashdot while speculating on what social media could learn from it. In this...

EP82 Hanzi Freinacht on Building a Metamodern Future

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hanzi Freinacht talks to Jim about political metamodernism, Gameb, sensemaking, conspiracy, top-down vs bottom-up tactics, coherent pluralism, and mu...

EP81 Renée DiResta on Social Media Warfare

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Renée DiResta talks to Jim about social media dynamics, foreign influence, disinformation vs misinformation, political ads, conspiracy, and much mor...

EP80 Daniel Schmachtenberger on Better Sensemaking

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Schmachtenberger talks to Jim about sensemaking & how it's impacted by algorithms, addiction, authority, conspiracy, education, and much more.....

EP79 Seth Lloyd on Our Quantum Universe

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Lloyd talks to Jim about the fundamentals of quantum physics, quantum computing, seeing the universe as a quantum computer, and much more... ...

Currents 012: Andrew Taggart on Narcissism, Culture & Dying

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Taggart talks to Jim about philosophy, our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life & virtue, narcissism, community living, dying well, and mor...

EP78 Ran Abramitzky on the Mystery of the Kibbutz

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ran Abramitzky talks to Jim about the kibbutz movement's history, social & economic impact, family life, other egalitarian projects, and more... ...

EP77 Kamal Sinclair on Science, Storytelling & VR

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kamal Sinclair talks with Jim about fiction & science, the power of storytelling, new media & tech, VR, augmented & mixed reality, and much more... ...

EP76 Max Borders on the Social Singularity

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Max Borders talks to Jim about singularities, social innovation, dysfunctional politics, democracy, vaccines, decentralization, cryptocurrency, and mu...

EP75 Nick Chater: “The Mind Is Flat”

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Chater talks to Jim about his flat mind theory, depth psychology, the grand illusion, memory, emotion, confabulation, and much more... ...

EP74 Daniel Christian Wahl on Regeneration Dynamics

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Christian Wahl talks with Jim about GameB, recycling, development, eastern perspectives, consciousness, community, and much more... ...

EP73 James Lindsay on Cynical Theories

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

James Lindsay talks with Jim about the history of social progress, illiberalism from postmodernism & its impact on science & culture, and much more......

EP72 Joscha Bach on Minds, Machines & Magic

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joscha Bach talks to Jim about AI, human vs animal intelligence, GPT-3, realism, emergence, magic, hybrid AI approaches, cybernetics, and much more......

Currents 011: Robin Hanson on RightTalkism

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Robin Hanson about social signaling & their tribal roots, politics, fighting RightTalkism, rationality, social media, wokeism, and more.....

EP71 Philip Howard on Computational Propaganda

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Philip Howard talks with Jim about organized & paid disinformation, tech & politics, the lie machine, journalism, privately-held data, and much more.....

EP70 Art Brock & Ferananda Ibarra on Currencies

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Art Brock & Ferananda Ibarra talk with Jim about the dynamics of currencies as seen in education, culture, reputation, relationships, markets, and muc...

EP69 Rachel Haywire on Free Thinking & Expression

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Haywire talks to Jim about running for president, acting vs philosophizing, the art right, aesthetics, today's left & right, dark bohemianism, ...

Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Tyson Yunkaporta about what makes us a custodial species, time, increase vs growth, complex systems intervention, domestication, and much...

EP68 Mara Zepeda on Innovative Collaboration

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mara Zepeda talks to Jim about co-founding a community platform, capital & creativity, alternative investment, extractive growth, empowering cooperati...

EP67 Tomas Björkman on The Nordic Secret

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tomas Björkman talks to Jim about what made Nordic countries thrive, psychological development, the disappearance & possible re-emergence of the Bild...

Currents 009: Gregg Henriques on Theory Of Meta-Cultural Transition

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to Dr. Gregg Henriques about his tree of knowledge & meta-cultural transition, justification theory, meaning, consciousness, integrative plu...

EP66 Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Knowledge

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tyson Yunkaport talks to Jim about GameB, indigenous cognition, elders & initiation, growth, spirit, sustainability agents, cryptocurrencies, cultural...

EP65 Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Complexity

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tyson Yunkaporta talks to Jim about his Apalech Clan, human domestication, connected bioregions, cultural narcissism, value in ordeal, indigenous inst...

EP64 Colin Wright on The New Evolution Deniers

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Wright talks with Jim about the new evolution deniers & its impact on his academic career, sex & gender, nature AND nurture, postmodernism, whis...

EP63 Michel Bauwens on P2P & Commons

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michel Bauwens talks to Jim about the P2P Foundation, markets & commons, alternative collaborative systems, seed to niche to norm, value, the future, ...

Currents 008: Christopher Conselice: Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligence

05 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to astrophysicist Christopher Conselice about his recent paper that estimates the number of communicating intellig...

EP62 Zak Stein on Education, Tech & Religion

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zak Stein talks with Jim about tech in education, what advertising is teaching us, the role of religion in education, self-transcendence, Zak's 13 soc...

Currents 007: David Fuller on the IDW

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Rebel Wisdom founder David Fuller about what the IDW is & how it relates to GameB, common IDW perspective...

EP61 Howard Rheingold on Our Digital Past & Future

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Howard Rheingold talks with Jim about his involvement in early computing & the internet, collaboration, internet risks, privacy, COVID-19, attention, ...

Currents 006: Jim Coan on Our Social Recession

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Jim Coan about social recession, social origins & impacts on humanity, emergent group collaboration, 'selfin...

Currents 005: John Robb on Protest Tactics & Reforms

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to John Robb about an article that describes the military-style tactics leading to the capture and burning of a ...

EP60 Zak Stein on Educational Systems Collapse

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zak Stein talks with Jim about existential risks of our education systems, revolutions, attention, educational tech, standards, 4 quadrants of systems...

EP59 Gregg Henriques on Unifying Psychology

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gregg Henriques talks to Jim about his unified theory of psychology; clinical vs scientific, postmodernism, justification theory, Gameb, shadow ...

Currents 004: Michael Vassar on Passive-Aggressive Revolution

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Michael Vassar about how he defines the passive-aggressive revolution & the ways it could manifest in the US,...

EP58 Jake Bornstein on Leadership & Clarity

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Bornstein talks to Jim about Game A vs Gameb, exploration vs exploitation, uncertainty & clarity, leadership, decentralization, psycho-tech, and ...

Currents 003: Joe Norman on Localism & Scales of Cooperation

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Joe Norman about appropriately-sized community collaboration, family & local organization, government & mar...

EP57 Zak Stein on Education in a Time Between Worlds

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zak Stein talks to Jim about, societal change, intergenerational transmission, the nature of education, teacherly authority, parenting, schooling, and...

EP56 Art Brock on Holo Tech

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Arthur Brock talks to Jim about Holochain -- agent-centric design, key management, data integrity, validation, zomes, DNA, hApp's, search, HOT token, ...

Currents 002: Brian Hanley on Releasing the Vaccines

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Brian Hanley about his view on the economic impact & recovery of COVID-19, the dramatic social impacts emerging...

EP55 Jack Murphy on Leaving the Left

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Murphy talks to Jim about The Liminal Order, attacks on masculinity, gender, post-modernism, impacts of social justice, racism, Trump, localism, ...

EP54 Robert Conan Ryan on Boom & Bust Cycles

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Conan Ryan talks with Jim about Neo Schumpeterianism: boom & bust cycles, 6 paradigms, organic vs digital, meaning-making, utopias, and much mo...

Currents 001: Simon DeDeo on University Censorship

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this inaugural Currents episode, Jim talks to Simon DeDeo about speech censorship at elite Anglosphere universities, differing generational perspec...

EP53 Hanzi Freinacht on the Nordic Ideology

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hanzi Freinacht talks to Jim about his book, Nordic Ideology; code, depth, complexity, cultural changeability, attractor points, game change, protopia...

Extra: Memetic Warfare & Pandemic Responses with John Robb

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim talks to John Robb about Defeat Disinfo, memetic armies, emerging economic implications of COVID-19, wicked risks, the break up of US, and more......

EP52 Steven Levy on Facebook: The Inside Story

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Levy talks with Jim about his new book, Facebook: The Inside Story. Which covers the people, circumstances & philosophies that define Facebook....

EP51 Richard Bartlett on Self-Organizing Collaboration

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work & organization, Gameb, group size dynamics, big change movements & much mo...

Extra: Key COVID-19 Decisions with John Robb

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to John Robb about network decision making & consensus vs dissent dynamics, COVID as a decision making test, he...

EP50 Joe Brewer on Earth Regeneration

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Brewer talks to Jim about homeostasis in living systems, future collapse, fat-tail risks, evolutionary transitions, collaboration, bioregionalism,...

Extra: COVID-19 Transformations with Nora Bateson

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Nora Bateson about how the pandemic is changing our relationship to time & mortality, recontextualizing the ...

Extra: COVID-19 Network Epidemiology with Michelle Girvan

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Michelle Girvan about the network dynamics of COVID-19 spread, fat-tailed risks, unintuitive network insight...

EP49 Laurence Gonzales on Deep Survival

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Laurence Gonzales talks to Jim about his book “Deep Survival” a look at survival in extreme conditions from a cognitive science & “you are there...

Extra: On COVID-19 Opportunities with Jessica Flack

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Jessica Flack about stressing & testing cultural organization styles, optimizing for wholistic robustness, a...

Extra: On COVID-19 Strategies with Robin Hanson

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Robin Hanson about possible dosage related effects on exposure and the related trade-offs of viral dose & de...

Extra: On Post-COVID-19 Impact with Simon DeDeo

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Simon DeDeo about what moving out of social isolation could be like, social norms for risk management, the w...

EP48 Jessica Flack on Complex System Dynamics

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Flack talks to Jim about causality in complex systems, theoretical biology, emergence, agent-based modeling, social policing, & much more... ...

Extra: On COVID-19 Potentials with Bonnitta Roy

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Bonnitta Roy about what it means to ‘stay with the trouble’, habitual behavior, the value of reflection,...

Extra: On Post COVID-19 Impacts with Ben Goertzel

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this short extra episode, Jim talks to Dr. Ben Goertzel about the economic & cultural impacts we could expect after the peak of COVID-19, the end o...