Non • Zero • Sum James

Now let's start looking at the dynamics of emergence—how to simple rules give rise to complexity. To do this we'll look at a simulation called "Conway's Game of Life" to see this process in action.

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To play with the interactive simulations, visit: https://nonzerosum.games/conwaysgame.html

Imagine you wake up one morning to a phone call, you've won a million dollars... well, you have, kinda, your prize though is consciousness. Join us on an 8-part series about non-zero-sumness at the very foundations of physics

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https://nonzerosum.games/cosmiclottery.html

Ever told someone your idea, only to hear them pass it off as their own? Well done, that's how passing on ideas works.

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https://nonzerosum.games/takingcredit.html

Want to work together to make something greater than the sum of our parts. Let's talk!

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https://nonzerosum.games/collaborativecorner.html

It's our birthday... well, it was when the original post was written, so this episode goes behind the scenes at the site, focusing in on five creative principles (six actually) that can be applied to any creative project.

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For the original post, pictures and diagrams visit: https://nonzerosum.games/creativeprinciples.html

This episode kicks off a group of episodes about creativity, beginning with my response to the proliferation of generative AI "art", and how it won't change my process, or art in general—it's something altogether different, like photography.

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For the original post, links and pictures visit: https://nonzerosum.games/crappydrawings.html

So, we've seen how reasoning by analogy can help people express their genius, but what about us normies? In this final episode of our Polymaths series we ask how this approach can help us, and how first principles can really backfire on a social level

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For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/polymaths3.html

What's not so good about first principles?

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For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/polymaths2.html

This three-part series looks at two different ways that genius and innovation manifest in the world: first principles thinking and arguing by analogy.

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For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/analogies1.html

This series is not just about raising concerns, throughout we have been focused on specific and philosophical solutions to the problems raised and in this final post we gather these all in one place, ending the series with you hopefully feeling empowered to be part of the solution.

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For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment6.html