Collective Intelligence, Mathematical Agency, Economics & Cognition | Benjamin Lyons

Benjamin Lyons works on issues of collective intelligence within economics, biology & mathematics. We typically think that agency can only be found in brains and organisms like us. But what if we could find agency in something as fundamental as mathematics? Or in something as large and distributed as an economy? In this podcast expect to learn about how agency can be seen in mathematics, about the hidden competencies within mathematics, whether we should be suprised by level of intelligence found in biology, the economy as a cognitive system, and more... Timestamps: 00:00 - Even Mathematics Has Agency 02:16 - The Role of Choice in Mathematics 05:47 - Hidden Competencies in Mathematics 09:20 - Implications for Biological Systems 34:39 - The Economy as a Collective Intelligence System 44:49 - The Role of the Price System in Collective Intelligence 48:57 - Understanding Self-Interest in Economics 51:40 - The Function of Money in the Economy 55:54 - The Importance of Mainstream Economics 01:00:31 - Closing Remarks Find Benjamin -Website: https://benjaminflyons.com -Agency in Mathematics talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tT0pFAE36c&t=231s -Talk with Michael Levin: https://youtu.be/0Oo4ng6dWrQ?si=4fuTiAQ9vDdH9D5X