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James @nonzerosum.games · 07/09/2026

Just illustrating a #notrealgraph which shows different distributions of ‘F’s being given, depending on your sphere in concern for out most recent meta-crisis post nonzerosum.games/metacrisis.h... #gametheory #procreate #screenshotsaturday

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James @nonzerosum.games · 20/09/2026

It's finally here! Our first video interview episode on the 'Non•Zero•Sum James' podcast—with Liv Boeree! View on: • Youtube: youtu.be/l7_FAYllmvM • Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/n... • Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4uRA... And now people can finally stop asking if I'm AI!!! #Podcasts

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/08/2026

The latest in our alignment series is about the strangest equilibrium in history... it's literally MAD. nonzerosum.games/bay... #XRisk #BayesTheorem #NuclearWar #WWIII #Apocalypse

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BAYESIAN GAMES WITH NUKES

why we all stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb—until now

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James @nonzerosum.games · 21/08/2026

What genius upstairs decided to make the text in error dialogue boxes non-selectable? Are they trolling us? Because definitely the last thing I want to do with an error message is copy & paste it, I mean why would anyone ever want to do such a thing? #RantOver #EndRant #GameDev #Code

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James @nonzerosum.games · 18/08/2026

The latest news about Mythos models gaining first strike dominance in conflicts with other models and then forcing cooperation, is exactly what Andrew Glen talks about in his series "Why Cooperate?"... the super-defector.

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Why Cooperate?—Andrew Tane Glen introduces the super-defector

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026

Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets theonion.com/crying-newborn-has-no-…

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James @nonzerosum.games · 17/08/2026

Is there an issue with asymmetry in Nash Equilibrium that results in the mixed equilibrium with Doomsday Device M.A.D? Nash stipulates that there must be no benefit to deviate from your strategy, but no negative corollary when there is no drawback from deviating from the other strategy #GameTheory

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James @nonzerosum.games · 04/08/2026

If anyone prefers Medium, I also post there (a bit late sometimes...) medium.com/@jamesste...

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James @nonzerosum.games · 25/07/2026

When do we realise that other people don't think like we do... and how do we deal with groups that don't? Check out part 3 in our second alignment series... nonzerosum.games/ali... #GoalAlignment #AGI #AI #OpenAI #Moloch

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HUMANS ARE ALIGNMENT GENERATORS

~ the solution to the alignment problem is within us ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 26/07/2026

The podcasts lags behind the posts, but this episode is essential for the current alignment series—it's a peculiar idea, but I think helps with sense-making in the current era... The Era of the Dividual: open.spotify.com/epi... Read & Listen here: nonzerosum.games/div...

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The Dividual—are we falling apart?

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HUMANS ARE ALIGNMENT GENERATORS

~ the solution to the alignment problem is within us ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/07/2026

It’s been fun drawing this one, using the shapes from my game LOCKWISE to represent “different” people. Below is a glimpse behind the curtain—my use of what I like to think of as DaVinci-esque red under-drawing, which gives freedom to roughly sketch out ideas before cleaning them up after—more fun.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/07/2026

We have a newsletter! If you'd your weekly dose of positive problem-solving mainlined straight into your inbox, you know what to do... nonzerosum.games/subscribe

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NON-ZERO-SUM GAMES

~ a world-help site ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/07/2026

While writing this alignment series I came across Liv Boeree's interview with Emmett Shear, which tied many of the ideas together—I decided to take notes... SKETCH-NOTES And these make up POST 2 in the series... nonzerosum.games/ami... #GoalAlignment #AGI #AI #OpenAI #Moloch

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AN AMICABLE APE—appendix A

~ sketchnotes: Liv Boeree & Emmett Shear on alignment ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/07/2026

Are you worried AI will learn to be monsters from their ultra-flawed parents? [us] This series might help you "process" these feelings—and might change your perception of just what humanity is made of. nonzerosum.games/ami... #Evolution #GameTheory #WinWin #Nature #Alignment

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AN AMICABLE APE

~ revisiting alignment ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 02/07/2026

I turned Rock Paper Scissors into a non-zero-sum puzzle game. This may or may not be a sensible thing to do with one’s time. nonzerosum.games/loc... #GameDev #PuzzleGame #GameTheory #NonZeroSum

James @nonzerosum.games · 15/07/2026

Oh Claude, so clever and yet still don't know what time zone I'm in. #AIFails

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 30/04/2026

The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) is higher than at any point in at least the past one million years (according to evidence from paleoclimate records). More climate change indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

Line graph time series of carbon dioxide levels over the last 800000 years. The previous maximum was around 350000 years ago at 300 ppm. Current levels are over 420 ppm.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 13/07/2026

I'm honoured to be illustrating a book! Game Theorist and recent podcast guest Professor Vincent Knight asked me to provide illustrations (some new and some from the site for his Game Theory textbook. For more links and our podcast interview visit

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VINCENT KNIGHT

~ our first podcast guest ~

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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 08/07/2026

Norway will always be the GOAT of the energy transition. Instead of talking about the future, they proved it could be done & showed how. In 15 years, new car sales went from 0% to 99% electric, while the rest of the world kept arguing about timing and speed. #Bettrification #EV

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A guy wanted to adopt a cat, but he wouldn't leave his brother's side, so he had to take both of them. Original post

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hey book people are modern novels getting longer for the sake of "big book=better value for money" or is there an actual artistic reason for the massive page counts Because idk I like reading a lot of older books and many of the classics really aren't very long, yet are some of the most famous

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James @nonzerosum.games · 07/07/2026

Just the ol’ reposting a repost of my repost

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James @nonzerosum.games · 05/07/2026

For those in the UK looking to a new political future, check out “How to get filthy rich with Gary Stevenson” www.channel4.com/programmes/h...

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How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson

Economist Gary Stevenson has a fix for the UK’s wealth gap - tax the super rich

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James @nonzerosum.games · 05/07/2026

This new alignment series starts where the story of humanity does... in Africa! Take a trip with me that starts casually, but gets a little bumpy. nonzerosum.games/amicableape.... #GoalAlignment #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tanzania #Nature #NaturalisticFallacy #MetaCrisis #Futurism

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AN AMICABLE APE

~ revisiting alignment ~

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James @nonzerosum.games · 02/07/2026

I turned Rock Paper Scissors into a non-zero-sum puzzle game. This may or may not be a sensible thing to do with one’s time. nonzerosum.games/loc... #GameDev #PuzzleGame #GameTheory #NonZeroSum

James @nonzerosum.games · 27/06/2026

We are bound to do the "best" thing we can at any moment relative to our motivational scope (long/short-term). "Best" is that which we perceive gives us the greatest freedom. But we are not free to choose otherwise—we un-freely choose what that will give us the greatest freedom.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 26/06/2026

Are you hunting stags or hares? nonzerosum.games/sta... The Stag Hunt is a better model for politics and human relationships in general, than the Prisoner’s Dilemma #GameTheory #Coordination #Trust #Politics #NonZeroSum

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THE STAG HUNT

cultivating cooperation to reap rewards

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James @nonzerosum.games · 25/06/2026

The Prisoner’s Dilemma may be doing cultural damage. Not because it’s wrong, but because it’s so easy to misread. You can come away thinking humans are selfish little calculators because the game has been rigged to remove all the normal human context.

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THE DILEMMA'S DILEMMA

Exploring how the Prisoner's Dilemma frames negotiations and why real-world constraints matter.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/06/2026

Being an anti-cellphone parent is like being a recessive gene—we require contact with other anti-cellphone parents for it to stick.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/06/2026

“The trouble emerges when too many people free ride.” Public goods, unions, vaccination, climate, and a classroom game where the kids understood the commons faster than most adults seem to.

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SOCIAL DILEMMAS

public goods, free riders and exploiters

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James @nonzerosum.games · 15/06/2026

If you need more pictures of my dog (you do) ... www.instagram.com/nonzerosumja... #dogs #pets

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James @nonzerosum.games · 18/06/2026

There's a very clear answer to which is more effective, #charity or #volunteering—but then it turns out to be more complicated than it first appears... in a good way. TL;DR everyone has the power to do good.

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A KINDNESS EQUATION

Should you give to charity or volunteer? Exploring the most impactful ways to contribute.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/06/2026

This from @livboeree.bsky.social blew my mind—creating multi-agent social AIs that are inherently socially aligned. Just tied so many ideas together for me. A surprising modern philosopher. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Alignment

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Emmett Shear - Why NATURE Holds the Answer To AI Alignment

YouTube video by Win-Win with Liv Boeree

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/06/2026

"Kitten Cavoodle" are pretty anarchic, but also quite sensible.

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