Non-Zero-Sum James
Non-Zero-Sum James
A podcast where I read my blog to you, and chit-chat a little.
I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. I've been writing here at nonzerosum.games for a couple of years now, and decided it was finally time to reproduce the content in the form in which I usually consume media, audio. So, playing catch-up, every couple of days I'll be reading from the blog, exploring a new aspect of game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and AI—looking for solutions to the complex problems we face in our world together.
I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. I've been writing here at nonzerosum.games for a couple of years now, and decided it was finally time to reproduce the content in the form in which I usually consume media, audio. So, playing catch-up, every couple of days I'll be reading from the blog, exploring a new aspect of game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and AI—looking for solutions to the complex problems we face in our world together.
Episodes
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Mar 29, 2026 • 7min
An Argument for Analogies—Polymaths 1/3
This three-part series looks at two different ways that genius and innovation manifest in the world: first principles thinking and arguing by analogy. | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/analogies1.html
Mar 19, 2026 • 5min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—Solutions
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. | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment6.html
Mar 18, 2026 • 8min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—Can AI Help?
In this episode we ask if AI might be able to help with humanity's own alignment problem. Could making AI's primary objective be alignment, and have its current functionality grow out of that—performing tasks and answering questions for instance—as an extension of a general principle of aligning with human interests? | For the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment5.html
Mar 17, 2026 • 7min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—The SCALE of the Issue
This episode looks at the issue at three different scales; the human, the political and the biological. | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment4.html
Mar 9, 2026 • 8min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—Getting Aligned Through History
What do Aristotle, J.S Mill, Richard Nixon, Ibram X. Kendi and John Key have in common? They all tried to, at some point combine the interests of the individual and the collective. | For the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment3.html
Feb 19, 2026 • 8min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—Humanity's Alignment Problem
In part 2 of this alignment series, we look at humanity's own alignment issue. | For the original post, links and pictures visit: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment2.html
Feb 14, 2026 • 4min
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About—What is Alignment?
The first in a series about humanity's own alignment problem... which we'll need to deal with before we can approach goal alignment in AI. | For the original post, notes and links: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment1.html
Feb 5, 2026 • 6min
Why?—Can we have both fairness & progress?
In this post I try to distill the "why" of nonzerosum.games. | For the original post and links visit: https://nonzerosum.games/why.html
Jan 2, 2026 • 8min
The End of Morality
A hopeful conclusion to Andrew Tane Glen's series "Why Cooperate" | See the original post and links here: https://nonzerosum.games/whycooperate3.html
Dec 31, 2025 • 4min
Why Cooperate?—Part 2
Andrew Tane Glen continues his 3-part series "Why Cooperate" | for the original post and links: https://nonzerosum.games/whycooperate2.html
