
Matthew Pirkowski's Interviews
EP 205 Matthew Pirkowski on Time Preference and Cooperation
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the ideas in a recent tweet thread on time preference and its relationship with cooperation. They discuss the definition of time preference, defining parasitism, asymmetrical relationships, mutualism, commensalism, the increase in short-term thinking, a decrease in qualitative cha
Currents 094: Matthew Pirkowski on Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about the kinds of consensus mechanisms that can be used to secure blockchains. They discuss active inference, proof of work vs proof of stake & the relationship between them, auto-catalytic networks, proof of work in emergent nature, what consensus means & why it needs to be protected,
Currents 066: Matthew Pirkowski on Emergence in Possibility Space
Jim continues his discussion with Matthew Pirkowski on ideas of emergence and how they can be applied to today's meta-crisis... Jim continues his discussion with Matthew Pirkowski on ideas of emergence and how they can be applied to today's meta-crisis. They discuss the meaning of emergence, treating potential as ontol
Currents 053: Matthew Pirkowski on Grammars of Emergence
Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about new frameworks in the study of emergence... Jim talks with Matthew Pirkowski about new frameworks in the study of emergence. They discuss the concept's roots in the work of J.S. Mill, 19th-century tensions between reductionism & vitalism, Terrence Deacon's ententional properties,
044: Jason Snyder and Matt Pirkowski | Wagmi or ngmi? Hope, doom and metamodern homesteading.
On this episode of the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, host Gregory Landua holds an extended discussion with two kindred Twitter spirits: Jason Snyder, a homesteader and permaculturist, and Matt Pirkowski, Founder of Catalyzing Coherence. Listen to their debate about the future of humanity, technology, and individual r
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