E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry

Welcoming master craftsman and philosopher Forrest Landry in dialogue on the deep structures underlying money, power, and inequality in modern civilization. Starting with fundamental questions about what money really is, we move through an analysis of why inequality has reached unprecedented levels, to urgent questions about artificial intelligence, the future of human choice-making, and a foundational orientation of response. --- Desire, Want and Need on Delicate Fire: https://youtu.be/rejVuh1Knn8 Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e140-money-power-inequality-and-ai-w/-forrest-landry-and-tim-adalin Chapters 0:00 Introduction: Money, Power & AI 0:55 Lenses for Understanding Money: Choice, Energy & Game Theory 06:12 Why Inequality Exploded: Technology as Extraction Amplifier 29:30 The Three Stages of Mastery: Change, Causation & Choice 41:05 Beyond Capitalism vs Socialism: Upgrading the Game 57:40 The Maker-Taker Inversion: When Extraction Became Valued Over Creation 1:16:08 Virtual vs Virtue: Humility and Being Rooted in Reality 1:26:38 Rewilding Ourselves: Embodiment and Collective Wisdom 1:38:31 Why Everyone's Investing in AI: The Loss of Trust in Ourselves 1:47:40 The Path Forward: Distributed, Embodied, Contextualized Choice-Making --- Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0