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The Player and the Played

In an age when capitalism feels like an unwinnable game, extreme reactionary ideas and politics are on the rise. The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Squid Gam...

Capitalism | The Paper Pilot

The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology

#760: Gambling the future into existence

Plus: Cosmo for conservatives, AI;DR and being "agentic"

The Monsters, Inc. Argument for Unconditional Basic Income

How to convert an economy based on fear to one based on joy

Cognitive Capitalism - Public Seminar

There are broadly three ways of thinking historically about capitalism. One draws on Marx’s value theory and pretty much treats...Read More

Startups Target the Tricky Task of Making AI Seem More Human

Simulated human behavior companies raise millions

Pivot to People: It’s Time to Build the New Economy

Today’s calls for ethical, humane, responsible, regulated and beneficial technology, compounded with venture capital’s virtue signaling in…

Video Game Monetization | The Paper Pilot

The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology

Philanthropy 2.0: What the Evolution of For-Profit Investment Tells Us About the Future of Giving

Gaps in philanthropic funding for era-defining science and discovery demand a new approach. In this piece, we look at how learning from venture capital is a game changer for catalytic philanthropy.

Philanthropy 2.0: What the Evolution of For-Profit Investment Tells Us About the Future of Giving

Gaps in philanthropic funding for era-defining science and discovery demand a new approach. In this piece, we look at how learning from venture capital is a game changer for catalytic philanthropy.

Techno-capitalism, Crisis Epistemology, and Disaster Ableism: How (not) to Respond to Generative AI in Higher education (My presentation @ #PhiDisSocCh6)

Introduction Techno-capitalism is a social system dominated by technology-driven capital, in which technological development is a primary vehicle for wealth concentration. Professors are currently …

The Connections That Turned a Precocious Teen Into the Fallen ‘Nostradamus of AI’

A 24-year-old investor hailed as a visionary attracted billions—before turning into Wall Street’s latest cautionary tale.

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.

How Venture Capital Warps the World

A conversation with Catherine Bracy, CEO of TechEquity and author of the new book World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy.

Economics for the future – Beyond the superorganism

Our environment and economy are at a crossroads. This paper attempts a cohesive narrative on how human evolved behavior, money, energy, economy and th…