Displaying episodes 31 - 43 of 43 in total
Omni-Culturalism
How do we escape the negative aspects of industrialism without having to go back to pastoralism?
Out Caste
People invested in the current Caste System vote against their "selfish" interests in order to propagate the system, even if on a lower rung. Why?The risk of losing st...
Caste Party
Prabhakar shares his admiration for, and extensions beyond, Isabel Wilkerson's book on Caste.
Earnestly Asked Questions
Bruce asks Prabhakar some questions about project IGWET.
Against Hierarchy
Are hierarchical systems the source of the problems (and successes) of Western Civilization?
Open Source Spirituality
Let me make the APIs of a civilization, and I care not who makes the API calls.
Reprogramming Humanity
Might standardizing technical documentation for our Relational Practices actually redeem humanity?
Pro-Social Networks
How do we build a fully open platform that is still designed to promote positive-sum games?
Bootstrapping Empathy: You Say You Want a Revolution?
Now that we've agreed about our vision of the future, how do we get other people on board?
Democratizing Technology
How might we democratize Information Technology, to shift power from the elites to the broader population? Is that always a good thing?
Democracy as Information Overload
How can we ensure people are involved in the important decisions that affect their lives, without drowning them in too much irrelevant information?
Positive-Sum Status Games
From status games to stable systems
An Ideal Society
What kind of world would we build for humanity, if we had no constraints?