The Jim Rutt Show

The Jim Rutt Show


Latest Episodes

EP 221 George Hotz on Open-Source Driving Assistance
February 06, 2024

Jim talks with George Hotz about running Comma, an open-source driving assistance company, and the challenge of self-driving cars.

EP 220 Lene Rachel Andersen on Polymodernity
January 30, 2024

Jim talks with Lene Rachel Andersen about the ideas in her book Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World.

EP 219 Katherine Gehl on Breaking Partisan Gridlock
January 25, 2024

Jim talks with Katherine Gehl about her and Michael Porter's book,The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.

EP 218 Max Borders on Christopher Rufo’s New Right Manifesto
January 24, 2024

Jim talks with Max Borders about his two-part essay series responding to Christopher Rufo's recent manifesto "The New Right Activism."

EP 217 Ben Goertzel on a New Framework for AGI
January 23, 2024

Jim talks with Ben Goertzel about a paper he co-wrote, "OpenCog Hyperon: A Framework for AGI at the Human Level and Beyond."

EP 216 Kevin Dickinson on A Short History of the F-Word
January 11, 2024

Jim talks withKevin Dickinsonaboutthe ideas in his recent Big Think essay "A Short History of the F-Word."

EP 215 Cody Moser on Inequality and Innovation
December 19, 2023

Jim talks with Cody Moser about the ideas and findings in his and Paul Smaldino's paper "Innovation-Facilitating Networks Create Inequality."

EP 214 Douglas Rushkoff on Leaving Social Media
December 07, 2023

Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about the ideas in his Substack post "Why Im Finally Leaving X and Probably All Social Media."

EP 213 Robin Hanson on Declining Fertility Rates
December 05, 2023

Jim talks with Robin Hanson about the ideas in his recent Substack writings on declining fertility rates and their possible effects.

EP 212 Joy Hirsch on How the Brain Responds to Zoom
November 30, 2023

Jim talks with Joy Hirsch about the findings in her paper "Separable Processes for Live 'In-Person' and Live 'Zoom-like' Faces."