Voicecraft E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry
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Dec 6, 2025 Forrest Landry, a philosopher and master craftsman known for his systems-level thinking, dives deeply into the foundations of money, power, and inequality. He discusses how technology amplifies inequality and explores the concept of money as a tool for choice-making. Landry critiques the existing economic systems, suggesting a move from capitalism and socialism toward a more distributed, embodied approach. He emphasizes the importance of cultivating collective wisdom and restoring trust in human decision-making amidst the AI revolution.
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Money As Choice, Energy And Game
- Money functions as stored choice: dollars represent capacity to implement specific choices in the world.
- Landry also frames money as energy flows and game dynamics to reveal hidden incentives.
Tech Amplifies Extraction And Inequality
- Inequality skyrocketed after the late 1970s because technology amplifies extraction and creates multiplicative returns.
- Networked automation, marketplaces and individualized pricing concentrate wealth exponentially.
Modernism Overvalues Causation, Not Choice
- Landry frames reality as choice, change, and causation and says modernity over-focused on causation.
- That imbalance makes us poor at holding care and making wise collective choices at scale.
