I would like more money, but i'm not driven by it. There is the capacity for human to optimize things other than a single monetary representation of all our ancestral experience. The scientists, philosophers, artists, spiritual teachers throughout history that we like the most were mostly motivated with an intrinsic motivation tat was not that much of an extrinsic motivation. One could argue that jesus didn't make a lot of christians. Constantine made a lot ofchristians. And in that case, you know, hitler, whatever, we're motivated to see, how do we extract that unconverted game theory.
On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger.
In the second of a four-part series, Nate and Daniel explore the relationship between energy, information, technology, the Superorganism, and the maximum power principle.
How can we maximize returns on agency? Nate and Daniel explain the importance of hyper agents: those humans who have an outsized influence on what’s happening in the world.
About Daniel Schmachtenberger:
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.
Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/20-daniel-schmactenberger