Non • Zero • Sum James

A lot of politics out in the world appears to me at any rate to be based around a sort of kill-or-be-killed mentality, is if we live an the wild, and need to let nature sort the strong from the weak... but that's not the actual world we live in, so that political mentality is... well, nonsense.

A rambling stream of consciousness about what to do in a society, like ours, when we, thankfully don't let citizens needlessly die.

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For the full ramble, links and sources: https://nonzerosum.games/wedontletpeopledie.html

Let's take a look through our crystal ball at Glass Bottle Utopia. What are the problems, and who's solving them?

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For the original article, links and pictures visit: https://nonzerosum.games/betterrecycling3.html

In part 2 of our series on recycling we look into the problems with plastic recycling and the importance of disincentivising the use of plastics.

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For the original article, including useful links and references visit: https://nonzerosum.games/betterrecycling2.html

This series of 3 episodes are about recycling, and specifically an idea I'd like to put forward as a workable solution for governments, business and the environment—8 different standard-sized glass bottles and jars.

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For illustrations and sources visit the original page: https://nonzerosum.games/betterrecycling.html

Moral licensing is a well researched and understood phenomenon—I'm proposing something slightly different: negative moral licensing, where, instead of using our previous good actions to justify misbehaviour, we use the real or perceived misbehaviour of others to license ours.

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https://nonzerosum.games/morallicensing2.html

Moral licensing is when you use previous virtuous actions to justify less than virtuous behaviour next... There are lots of studies referenced in this episode, you can find links to them all in the text of the original post. Have fun exploring the links, and of course all the pictures.

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Original Post: https://nonzerosum.games/morallicensing1.html

I have a confession: As a teenager I was desperate to learn how to win friends and influence people, to think and grow rich and develop the habits of highly effective people (seven to be precise)—I am James and I am a self-help-oholic.

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Find the original blog + links here: https://nonzerosum.games/positivedoublestandard.html

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If you'd like to check out the emergence series (mentioned in the episode) here it is: https://nonzerosum.games/emergencespirals.html

This week we ask the question: what's more effective, charity or volunteering? The answer, is, as always more complicated than that. If you're thinking about how you can best spend your efforts in making the world a better place, this is the episode for you.

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The original post and links are here: https://nonzerosum.games/kindnessequation.html

This episode we look objectively at the question "is capitalism a zero sum game?" the answer might be surprising.

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

On globalisation, and how it might just surprise you.

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