Human development is not a quick thing. Long term, i think we are approaching a bend versus break moment. There's this kind of really tricky game theory of multipolar traps and incentives on opportunity and not riskd. Even if you try to regulate a thing, that heregulatory apparatus moves slower than the thing it's trying to regulate. Andes people start to understand all that,. it can make them feel less agency and a little bit overwhelmed and shitty. But when they learn about a new one and a new one - that doesn't have to make them feel more agency. That's actually what i hope happens. You're very good at that stuff. I don't know if
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