Non-Zero-Sum James

Non-Zero-Sum James
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Jan 2, 2026 • 8min

The End of Morality

A hopeful conclusion to Andrew Tane Glen's series "Why Cooperate" | See the original post and links here: https://nonzerosum.games/whycooperate3.html
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Dec 31, 2025 • 4min

Why Cooperate?—Part 2

Andrew Tane Glen continues his 3-part series "Why Cooperate" | for the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/whycooperate2.html
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Dec 29, 2025 • 5min

Why Cooperate?—Andrew Tane Glen introduces the super-defector

this week I've invited Andrew Tane Glen to read his guest post "Why Cooperate". Andrew a software engineer and an Aristotle scholar (with a Masters in Philosophy) and also my best mate, with whom I talk philosophy on the regular. His unique creative and analytical philosophical approach often yields unexpected insights—insights that have impacted the way I see the world. His conception of why we cooperate, which introduces his concept of the super defector is one that I return to often, so a while back I asked him to write about it. This is his three part series, why cooperate? | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/whycooperate1.html
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Dec 20, 2025 • 5min

What Can One Person do?—Alexei Navalny

Written on the day of Alexei Navalny's death, a meditation on courage & sacrifice. | For the original post with links and resources: https://nonzerosum.games/oneperson.html
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Dec 13, 2025 • 11min

Masculinity—a case for courage

This one created a bit of a stir when I first wrote the post. Hopefully people can see that the message is a positive one, for everyone. | For the original post and links, visit: https://nonzerosum.games/masculinity.html
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Nov 28, 2025 • 7min

The NPC → MC Spectrum

For supplementary diagrams and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/npc.html
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Oct 28, 2025 • 7min

No Matter Where You Get To... There You Are

A funny story that wasn't so funny at the time (as is so often the case). | For the original post visit: https://nonzerosum.games/nomatterwhereyougetto.html
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Oct 6, 2025 • 9min

Paine on Economic Justice

The system didn't and doesn't need to be this way. | For the original post visit: https://nonzerosum.games/painejustice.html
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Oct 2, 2025 • 9min

Rights & Liberties—are opposites

I'm always trying to picture in my mind what sort of society I want to live in. To do this is to balancing the freedoms I'm willing to forego in order to provide rights that we determine to be essential to a healthy society. | This week's episode explores the new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, as a way of codifying this process, rather being used as vaguely interchangeable terms. | For the original post and references visit: https://nonzerosum.games/rightsandliberties.html
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Sep 26, 2025 • 6min

Why People in Poverty Make Poor Decisions

In this episode we make the case for giving money to people who are bad with money! | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/poverty.html

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