Peace, AI, Money, Ecology on deck, and some live events and recorded offerings
Hi everyone, I am gearing up to write some in-depth essays about some urgent topics: Artificial Intelligence, Peace, and the accelerating economic and ecological crises. Each seems more urgent than the others, and each will require considerable time and thought to do well. I want them to reach not just the general reader, but also influencers and policy-makers, so I will spend extra time making sure they are solid. So, while I’m researching and writing them I won’t be publishing the short pieces I’ve been posting the last few weeks.
In the meantime, here are some things for you to enjoy, first recordings then upcoming live events.
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An interview with a lovely and erudite couple, Shantena Sabbadini and Cruz Mañas. Part 1 was about AI, money, and abstraction. Part 2 was about the Tao Te Ching and Godel’s Theorem.1
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Here is one from a couple years ago that I never shared, a conversation with my friend professor Jem Bendell on disruption and societal collapse.
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Interview with Rinat Strahlhofer for the We Know Show. “How to stay healthy and human in a tech obsessed world.”
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Recording of the program I did last month with the exquisite David Lorimer. “What is the next story?”
Upcoming events:
March 22-25 online: The Earthcare Summit. Lots of great speakers besides me, including my son Jimi and my brother John. John tells much better jokes than I do. (Registration page, all-access pass sales page).
March 31, Boulder CO: The Economics of Regeneration. In-person event hosted by Y On Earth.
April 1, Boulder CO: The Next Five Years. Special evening hosted by the Mystery Collective. Tickets not available yet. I’ll repost next week.
April 3-5, Austin TX: The Independent National Convention. This event is part of a movement to transform American politics—to unite independents, to depolarize the country, to change the electoral system, to find common ground. I’ll be on a couple panels, for example “Love and Politics.” You can get $50 off with this promo code: $50OFFMOREBEAUTIFULWORLD. Register here.
April 27-30 online: Re-imagining Education conference. I’ll be doing a session with Marie Goodwin on Deschooling.
May 5-7 online: The Engendering Love Summit: Healing Conversations on Femininity, Masculinity, and Fluidity. I think there will be quite a diversity of opinion here. Info here.
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Later in the interview I noticed I misspoke when I was describing the distinction between a theory and a model in mathematics. I said “theorem” rather than “theory”.