Here is my conversation with Foresight Institute's Allison Duettmann. She's about as brilliant as it gets; one of those rare polymath futurist Moloch-slaying goddess types, as you'll see. So if you want to solve coordination problems, I highly recommend a listen. Chapters below, and give her a follow at... Allison Duettmann 2:18 - Existential Hope 5:45 - Utopian vs Dystopian Art 11:00 - The Story Circle 16:03 - Naturalistic Arguments vs Transhumanism 25:29 - Foresight Institute 27:46 - World-building Hackathons 33:20 - Pareto-topia 35:24 - How to make win-wins more obvious? 41:02 - Building Cooperation in Society 45:38 - Avoiding 1984 50:58 - Building the Third Attractor 1:11:00 - Crypto Solutions to Tragedy of Commons 1:15:56 - Prediction markets 1:21:00 - AGI & the Cooperation Game 1:28:00 - Super Rationality 1:32:48 -Advice to Listeners 1:41:31 - Favorite Games 1:44:14 - Rapid fire Predictionsshow more

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"Elmore Leonard meets Nabokov, Michael Crichton meets Vonnegut, Carl Hiaasen meets Joseph Heller. And it has what is probably the best gunfight in literary history."

I am Soo happy that you guys get along so well And if you attend @allisondman's and @foresightinst's event you can meet her in person and other people like @anderssandberg who for example willed the whole brain emulation field into existence @allisondman and @foresightinst are the best nerd snipers in the business, nothing even comes close.

looks to be a good one, thanks Liv

Allison (and Foresight in general) seems to surf the wave between the technological and the human in an inspiring way. Excited to have a listen to this interview with her

Very cool, with a construction background I really ponder this…How’s it going to be possible? Cooperation will be key…..

Awesome conversation

instant follow 👌❤️

do you think the imbalance between utopian and dystopian art is due to dystopian concepts being more fertile ground for conflict and struggle? In other words, people are more likely to engage with a hero's journey that is in progress as opposed to one that is over.

Yes I suspect that’s partly it. A story needs some kind of struggle to derive meaning. But Ian Banks’ Culture Series still manages it. I think the deeper cause lies in the fact it is much harder to dream up a convincing utopian world than a convincing dystopian one.