The Jim Rutt Show

The Jim Rutt Show


Latest Episodes

EP 242 Magatte Wade on a Vision for African Economic Development
June 06, 2024

Jim talks withMagatte Wadeabout her bookThe Heart of A Cheetah:How We Have Been Lied to about African Poverty, and What That Means for Human Flourishing.

EP 241 Tor Nørretranders on the User Illusion of Consciousness
June 04, 2024

Jim talks with Tor Nrretranders about the ideas in his 1991 book The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size.

EP 240 Stuart Kauffman on a New Approach to Cosmology
May 23, 2024

Jim talks with Stuart Kauffman about cosmology, fundamental physics, and the nature of dark matter, dark energy, and inflation.

EP 239 Alex Fink on Improving Information Quality
May 21, 2024

Jim talks with Alex Fink about his company Otherweb, which uses AI to filter out fake news and create a more reliable news ecosystem.

EP 238 Sam Sammane on Humanity’s Role in an AI-Dominated Future
May 14, 2024

Jim talks withSam Sammane about the ideas in his new book The Singularity of Hope: Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future.

EP 237 Simon DeDeo on the Odds of Major Civil Violence
May 02, 2024

Jim talks with Simon DeDeo about their wager concerning the likelihood of civil violence and mass killings in America in the next decade.

EP 236 Gregg Henriques on Free Will vs Determinism
April 23, 2024

Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his take on the free will versus determinism debate.

EP 235 Robin Hanson on Beware Cultural Drift
April 16, 2024

Jim talks withRobin Hansonabout the ideas in his essay "Beware Cultural Drift: Thoughts on modernity's monoculture mistake."

EP 234 Richard Bartlett on an Experiment in Co-Living
April 09, 2024

Jim talks withRichard Bartlettabout the ideas in his essay "What we learned from a 3-month co-living experiment."

EP 233 Robert Conan Ryan on Seven Ethical Perspectives
April 04, 2024

Jim talks with Robert Conan Ryan about seven ethical perspectives and why everyone should know them.