The Jim Rutt Show

Rachel Haywire talks to Jim about running for president, acting vs philosophizing, the art right, aesthetics, today's left & right, dark bohemianism, and much more... Rachel Haywire talks to Jim about running for president in the transhumanist party, her Elixer Salon, her Pulling out of the Narrative article, GameB, acting vs philosophizing, taking our work & selves seriously, neo-reactionaries, understanding & working with people who have dark triad traits, NLP, understanding the art right, aesthetics, the complex dynamics of today's political left & right, H. L. Mencken, antisemitism, defending cosmopolitanism, dark bohemianism & scaling volatility, anarchism, sex & gender, Slate Star Codex, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Rachel's books, The New Art Right & Acidexia Rachel's Blog Peter Limberg's Stoa MAPS Rachel's article, Pulling out of the Narrative Rachel on Twitter Curtis Yarvin Tyson Yunkaporta JRS Interviews: EP65, EP66 & Currents 010 Rachel's article, The Sociopath’s Coma Rachel Haywire is an author and entrepreneur based in New York City. She is also a futurist and musician who ran for President of the United States as an independent candidate. Her interests range from VR to philosophy to aesthetic movements.

Tyson Yunkaporta, an academic from the Apalech Clan and author of *Sand Talk*, dives into humanity's role as a custodial species. He explores the idea that humans must maintain a respectful bond with nature, contrasting traditional views of dominance. Yunkaporta discusses cognitive evolution through symbolic reasoning and tool-making, alongside critiques of modern economic systems like Bitcoin. He emphasizes reconnecting with our ecological roots and the importance of adaptability in stewardship, all while challenging conventional narratives of progress and time.

Mara Zepeda talks to Jim about co-founding a community platform, capital & creativity, alternative investment, extractive growth, empowering cooperatives, and much more... Mara Zepeda talks to Jim about what led Mara to co-found the Switchboard community platform, the ask & offer dynamic, GameB, the interaction of capital & creativity, Jim's entrepreneurial history, alternative investment structures & unjust financial systems, the meat collective, community-based growth vs extractive growth hacking, the rarity of great community managers, the importance of deep listening, the CARE (Engagement Response Framework), the history & goals of Zebras Unite, dynamics of empowering cooperatives & hybrid cooperatives, working through bureaucracy, dynamics of angel investment, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Mara's Website The Gift by Lewis Hyde JRS: EP51 Richard Bartlett on Self-Organizing Collaboration The Meat Project on Switchboard Inclusive Capital Collective Article, Sex & Startups Hearken Jason Wiener law Second Muse Capital Jim’s Staunton Makerspace Bylaws Mara Zepeda is the co-founder and CEO of Switchboard, speaks about and leads workshops on education, trust, social networks, and the future of business internationally, and has spent her career at the intersection of community building, economic empowerment, and education, directing programs at Harvard University; as a reporter with National Public Radio; and as an alumni board member of her alma mater, Reed College. She is the founding board president of Business for a Better Portland and XXCelerate. She is also a co-founder of Zebra movement. Mara graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on digital media, business, and network theory.

Tomas Björkman talks to Jim about what made Nordic countries thrive, psychological development, the disappearance & possible re-emergence of the Bildung, and much more... Tomas Björkman talks to Jim about the danger of reifying systems, understanding the Bildung, what made the Nordic countries exceptional, inner development, Scandinavia's retreat centers, cultural modernity, the self-authoring shift & emergent levels in psychological development, influential philosophers & their impact on education, the role of romanticism, the role of Freemasonry, the spread of the folk-Bildung in Scandinavia, expanding our circles of belonging, the importance of personal responsibility, the disappearance & possible re-emergence of the Bildung, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Tomas' Website Lene Rachel Andersen & Tomas' book, The Nordic Secret Robert Kegan Tomas' book, The World We Create Tomas Björkman is an author and social entrepreneur supporting sustainable development for individuals, organizations, and society. He's interested in expanding consciousness, new narratives, complexity and behavioral economics, the concept of Bildung, the importance of technological and personal development going hand in hand, and the power of vulnerability and authenticity.

Jim talks to Dr. Gregg Henriques about his tree of knowledge & meta-cultural transition, justification theory, meaning, consciousness, integrative pluralism, and much more... In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Dr. Gregg Henriques about complexity in his tree of knowledge & how it's connects to meta-cultural transition, the power of justification theory, understanding meaning & its connection to western history, GameB, the enlightenment 2.0 & enlightenment gap, mind & matter, Jim's AI deer, the hard problem of consciousness, mysticism, Gregg's ingredients for integrative pluralism, importances of core values, and much more. Episode Transcript Gregg's Site JRS: EP59 Gregg Henriques on Unifying Psychology Gregg's article, The 11th Problem of Consciousness John Vervaeke Jim's article, A Journey To GameB Dr. Gregg Henriques is currently utilizing his Unified Theory of Psychology to systematically study character and well-being, social motivation and emotion, and to develop a more unified approach to psychotherapy. Dr. Henriques (Full Professor) has been a core faculty member in James Madison University’s Combined-Integrated Clinical and School Psychology Doctoral Program. He arrived at JMU in 2003, and directed the C-I doctoral program from 2005 to 2017. In addition to providing administrative oversight of the program, he also engages in clinical supervision and teaches courses on social and personality psychology, integrative psychotherapy and history and systems. In 2011 he outlined his approach in a book, A New Unified Theory of Psychology, (Springer, 2011). For the past several years, he has authored a Psychology Today blog called Theory of Knowledge, which offers weekly blog posts on a wide variety of topics related to his view for a more unified field. Dr. Henriques also has expertise in the assessment and treatment of severe psychopathology, particularly depression and suicide, and is currently a licensed clinical psychologist in Virginia.

Tyson Yunkaporta, a member of the Apalech Clan and expert on indigenous knowledge, dives into the intersection of culture and sustainability. He explores concepts like interconnected indigenous cognition and the role of elders in guiding communities. Engaging topics include contrasts between industrial practices and ancient wisdom, addressing modern societal issues like narcissism and economic growth. He offers intriguing metaphors such as 'avatar depression' and discusses radical solutions like debt jubilee, all while advocating for humans as custodians of the environment.

The podcast delves into topics such as indigenous complexity, human domestication, cultural narcissism, value in ordeal, indigenous instinct, civilization, growth paradigms, myths, language, race, collapse, violence, human potential, yarning, and indigenous knowledge. Tyson Yunkaporta, a member of the Apalech Clan, provides thought-provoking insights on the contemporary scene through complexity science and his Indigenous Australian culture.

Colin Wright talks with Jim about the new evolution deniers & its impact on his academic career, sex & gender, nature AND nurture, postmodernism, whiskey, and more... Colin Wright talks with Jim about his critiques of the new evolution deniers & the impact it had on his search for academic faculty positions, the connections & differences between sex & gender, primary vs secondary sex traits, the re-emergence of the blank slate theory, the naturalistic fallacy, embracing nature AND nurture, dangers of postmodernism, critical race theory, religion & dogma, religious behavior without the supernatural, Colin & Jim's appreciation of whiskey, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Colin's Quillette article, The New Evolution Deniers Colin's Publication History Quillette article, What Explains the Resistance to Evolutionary Psychology? Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett John Vervaeke Colin Wright is an evolutionary biologist, Quillette assistant editor, and lover of whisk(e)y, fitness, and ideas.

Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation founder, discusses peer-to-peer collaboration, commons evolution, contributive accounting, GameB principles, value systems, societal change pace, and more. Topics include rivalrous vs non-rivalrous goods, licensing models, maker space governance, tangible examples in social change, and preparation for future transitions.

In this Currents episode, Jim talks to astrophysicist Christopher Conselice about his recent paper that estimates the number of communicating intelligent civilizations in the galaxy. Topics include: the history of the 'life off earth' question, current methods of looking for extraterrestrial intelligence, how Chris builds on and modifies the Drake equation, supernovas & star formation, possible communication methods, estimating intelligent civilization lifespans, SETI and METI, dangers and benefits of contacting intelligence, technology signatures, astronomy's future, the Fermi paradox, and more. Episode Transcript