The Jim Rutt Show

Dr. Bruce Damer discusses psychedelic-assisted innovation, concrescence into novelty, stoned ape theory, influence of psychedelics on breakthroughs, endogenous tripping, Eleusinian Mysteries, decline in breakthrough research, disincentivization of grand thinking, and the Center for Minds research approach.

The podcast discusses geothermal energy, including its potential as a renewable power source, heat sources, advantages, and downsides. They also talk about drilling challenges, the cost of geothermal energy, inefficiencies in government-funded research, new approaches to science funding, defensive advantages in military history, and the potential invulnerability of Taiwan to a Chinese invasion.

Writer and thinker Jordan Hall joins Jim Rutt to discuss scaling laws, virtualization of space and communication, reaching the limits of institutional forms, tech hygiene, hierarchies of values, civiums, Jordan's journey to Christianity, the challenges of embodied community, the importance of beauty-first, the essence of the triune God, and the personal journey to believing in a personal God.

Trent McConaghy discusses BCI/ACC as a way to compete with artificial superintelligence, the limitations of GPUs in AI, the risks of ASIs being weaponized, the concept of brain uploading, non-invasive BCIs, potential applications of BCI technology.

George Hotz, founder of Comma, discusses topics such as breaking the carrier lock on the iPhone, proprietary perception algorithms, cameras vs lidar, levels of self-driving automation, challenges in defining lane lines, behavioral cloning, and the regulatory environment for self-driving cars.

Lene Rachel Andersen discusses the concept of polymodernity, its relationship with metamodernism, and the importance of cultural codes. They explore the origins of modernity, critique postmodernism, and emphasize the need to learn from indigenous cultures. The hosts also discuss the Bronze Age, critique Yahweh in the Bible, and highlight the importance of understanding pre-modern worldview. Lastly, they explore the current war against liberalism and the influence of the woke mind virus.

Katherine Gehl, author of The Politics Industry, discusses breaking partisan gridlock and saving democracy. They explore Michael Porter's work, political industry theory, unhelpful activities, the protected duopoly, Alaska's experiment in final-four voting, and more.

Max Borders, writer and commentator, discusses his response to Christopher Rufo's 'The New Right Activism.' They cover pillar saints vs boy Pharaohs, the Gray Tribe, Rufo's impact as a gladiator, capturing institutions, youth indoctrination, the means & ends problem, the University of Austin, public universities as indoctrination factories, the danger of rejecting an open society, changing language & 'equity,' defending abstract principles, and re-enlivening America's founding principles.

Ben Goertzel, co-author of "OpenCog Hyperon: A Framework for AGI at the Human Level and Beyond," discusses the definition of AGI, the history and evolution of OpenCog, Atomese vs MeTTa languages, knowledge metagraphs, cognitive synergy, the limitations of transformer-based language models, and the challenges in AGI development.

Kevin Dickinson discusses the origins of the F-word, religious profanities, the poet William Dunbar's use of 'fukkit,' folk etymologies, the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial, the evolution of the word in movies, and the changing attitudes towards profanity over the years.