The Jim Rutt Show

EP 246 A.M. Hickman on Hitchhiking in America

EP 245 Bob Levy on the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court

EP 244 Samo Burja on Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War

EP 243 Yaroslav Trofimov on Ukraine’s War of Independence

EP 242 Magatte Wade on a Vision for African Economic Development

EP 241 Tor Nørretranders on the User Illusion of Consciousness

This podcast episode features a profound conversation between Jim Rutt and Tore Norretranders, centered around the intricacies of consciousness as explored in Norretranders' book, "The User Illusion." They delve into the evolutionary significance of consciousness as a high-cost user illusion, the stark bandwidth dispar...

EP 240 Stuart Kauffman on a New Approach to Cosmology

EP 239 Alex Fink on Improving Information Quality

EP 238 Sam Sammane on Humanity’s Role in an AI-Dominated Future

EP 237 Simon DeDeo on the Odds of Major Civil Violence

This podcast episode explores the potential future of political order in the United States and the possibility of major social upheaval. It discusses the American acceptance of violence as a means of negotiation and the comfort with violence found within certain regions and among the elite. The lack of multidimensional...

EP 236 Gregg Henriques on Free Will vs Determinism

EP 235 Robin Hanson on Beware Cultural Drift

This podcast episode features Jim Rutt interviewing Robin Hanson, who highlights the alarming phenomenon of cultural drift, where core societal values transform unexpectedly and rapidly, often resulting from the dominance of a global monoculture among elites. The discussion emphasizes the critical importance of cultura...

EP 234 Richard Bartlett on an Experiment in Co-Living

EP 233 Robert Conan Ryan on Seven Ethical Perspectives

EP 232 Matthew David Segall on Process Philosophy and the Origin of Life

This podcast episode explores various topics related to the origin of life, metaphysics, physical laws, and the nature of consciousness. The guests discuss the Hot Spring Hypothesis as an alternative to the deep sea hydrothermal vent hypothesis for the origin of life. They delve into the nature of metaphysics and its i...

EP 231 Vance Crowe Interviews Jim Rutt on AI Risk

EP 230 James Lindsay on a National Divorce

EP 229 Jonathan Rowson on the Antidebate

This podcast episode explores the concept of the Anti-Debate, a novel approach to discourse developed by Perspectiva, with a focus on improving the limitations of conventional debates. The speakers discuss the reasons why traditional debates are no longer fit for purpose, highlighting issues such as polarization and a ...

EP 228 Jeremy Sherman on the Emergence and Nature of Selves

EP 227 Stuart Kauffman on the Emergence of Life

This podcast episode explores the emergence of order in complex systems, focusing on the origin of life and the formation of autocatalytic sets. The guest, Stuart Kauffman, discusses his work in shaping the field of complex systems and the fragmented nature of origin of life research. The episode traces the history of ...