Non • Zero • Sum James

Non • Zero • Sum James

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Non • Zero • Sum James episodes

  • Masculinity—a case for courage

    This one created a bit of a stir when I first wrote the post. Hopefully people can see that the message is a positive one, for everyone.

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

    12 min
  • Rights & Liberties—are opposites

    I'm always trying to picture in my mind what sort of society I want to live in. To do this is to balancing the freedoms I'm willing to forego in order to provide rights that we determine to be essential to a healthy society.

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    This week's episode explores the new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, as a way of codifying this process, rather being used as vaguely interchangeable terms.

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    For the original post and references visit: https://nonzerosum.games/rightsandliberties.html

    10 min
  • Effortocracy ~ I've had meritocracy all wrong

    've been wrong about the meaning of Meritocracy, and for good reason, there are many different definitions—the term has been used as a pejorative, as an aspirational term, as a definition of a government, and as a general way of allocating credit to individuals. But I understood it as this: A society where a person's rewards reflect their efforts (merit)

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    For links, pictures and references check out the original post here: https://nonzerosum.games/effortocracy.html

    15 min
  • Saidi, My Friend

    This episode begins a series on luck and circumstances, and asks "What do we owe to each other?"

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

    9 min
  • Goodhart's Law ~ the problem with singular goals

    This is one of those ideas that constantly recurs in my mind throughout my day, one of those perspective-affecting mental models that helps me navigate the world, and hopefully will do the same for you.

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    For the full post and links: https://nonzerosum.games

    12 min

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