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A podcast where I read my blog to you, and chit-chat a little.
I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. I've been writing here at nonzerosum.games for a couple of years now, and decided it was finally time to reproduce the content in the form in which I usually consume media, audio. So, playing catch-up, every couple of days I'll be reading from the blog, exploring a new aspect of game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and AI—looking for solutions to the complex problems we face in our world together.
I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. I've been writing here at nonzerosum.games for a couple of years now, and decided it was finally time to reproduce the content in the form in which I usually consume media, audio. So, playing catch-up, every couple of days I'll be reading from the blog, exploring a new aspect of game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and AI—looking for solutions to the complex problems we face in our world together.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
9 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
73 episodes
since April 25, 2025
episodic
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This week’s guest; Liv Boeree—host of the Win-Win Podcast, has been a key inspiration for nonzerosum.games from the start.
Liv studied astrophysics and rose to prominence in the world of high-stakes poker. But for me, the public discussion she’s fuelled about using game theory and specifically win…
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The concept of a dividual raises an interesting question about how something can be both an entity, but also divisible. It's one of those terms which, since I've learned it, I see it everywhere, it's felt more and more relevant to the world today, as if we're living a new era of the dividual.
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A classic behavioural model... perhaps not entirely based on scientific evidence, but an instructive story none the less.
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For the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/crabbucket.html
More and more my social feeds are populated with these little treats—interspecies friendships that give us a glimpse into the world of non-zero-sum interactions.
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To enjoy all the visuals with the audio... visit: https://nonzerosum.games/furryfriends.html
Kicking off a series of episodes focused on non-zero-sum games in nature, beginning with a cooperative game with the highest of stakes.
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For the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/parableofapolyp.html
Our very first podcast interview, and starting strong with a Professor of Game Theory, Vince Knight from the University of Cardiff all the way on the other side of the world in Wales.
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We sat down to talk about all sorts of applications of game theory in our personal and political lives, from hi…
This episode is a special one, with a special guest—my friend Coach Stuart (the Moose) Krohn. I explore Stuart's impact as a specialist in creating leaders.
In response to Elizier Yudkowski's essay "The Futility of Emergence" I take a very long time explaining some ways to define and recognise emergence in a way that is useful.
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For the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/emergencespirals.html
What does living in an entropic universe mean for beauty... or meaning itself?
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Original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/emergenceisbeautiful.html
This episode explores Susan Blackmore's concept of Temes and the importance of replicators when understanding emergence.
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Original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/replicators.html
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