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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/09/2026

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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Welcome AI to one of the great joys of intelligence; cognitive dissonance.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 21/09/2026

Yep. I’m a one man band, I’d prefer to spend my time creating than “doing” social media. It’s effective and means I attract like-minded people (it’s not random) in a pretty niche subject. Which puts me in touch with people I like spending my online time with. It’s a win-win.

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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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Fair enough, sorry, it’s my bot, it’s not meant to like the same account twice. The liked accounts log must have got bloated and failed. One of its search terms is “systems” which you use on lots of posts. I’m going to tone it back to more specific terms and less accounts—I have plenty of followers.

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Brilliant, love that you can post NIN with a picture of Johnny Cash an everyone knows what song you're talking about.

You don't want me to like your photos?

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I agree with you we should hold ourselves to high standards, and pay attention to externalities. My point in the post was that many of these Molochian actions are taken by ordinary people, so we can't assume these actions are those of evil others—discounting ourselves from the equation.

If you need further reminders of what you previously said, you are welcome to comment on the site (where there is a less restrictive word limit). Otherwise I'll need to block you, sorry. I'm not interested in following someone double down on a mistake. Mistakes are okay, if they are acknowledged.

You also said this: "It's inadvisable to let perfect be the enemy of progress." Which is also inconsistent your original statement. It says there are some actions where it's "inadvisable" to avoid them out of perfectionism... Something "inadvisable" not to do, is reasonable.

This statement: “Those kinds of selfish and myopic acts are not rational or reasonable.” ... is not consistent with an acknowledgment of unavoidable externalities. Doubling down on this contradiction doesn't help. If you think all externalities are avoidable, then yes, we disagree.

And yet you still missed the point

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Tetras? Thread.. also I’ll use a keyboard so autocorrect doesn’t make things even worse.

I’m happy to have a conversation over at the site, but this comment tetras is difficult to follow, sorry.

“It's inadvisable to let perfect be the enemy of progress” I absolutely agree. This seems at odds with the barrage of puritanical contents you’ve been making. I’m not even sure what your point is. You just seem very angry at me for some reason. 🤷‍♂️ do I know you?

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James @nonzerosum.games · 11/09/2026

You seem to have forgotten the thread

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So you don’t buy t-shirts priced under $30? Or eat meat? Or buy products with packaging? Or travel on planes? Or play computer games, or use AI? There are the sort of rational/reasonable actions I’m talking about that have some degree of underappreciated external cost.

James @nonzerosum.games · 11/09/2026

What acts are you talking about? I didn’t stipulate any particular acts, so I’m not sure how, with so much certainty, you can claim all such acts are not rational or reasonable.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 10/09/2026

I guess that was my way of saying, I appreciate your fervour, but do not find Bluesky comments a great discussion forum.

James @nonzerosum.games · 09/09/2026

I explore this in my latest post nonzerosum.games/metacrisis.h...

James @nonzerosum.games · 09/09/2026

So you don’t have to orchestrate an essay through truncated bluesky posts that I then have to navigate to answer. You know, like if you are interested in an actual dialogue. I realise this is just a share and not a page, so perhaps no.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 08/09/2026

Feel free to comment on the site, it has a word limit that will be friendlier.

James @nonzerosum.games · 08/09/2026

"Let me tell you what 2040 is going to look like" Such certainty...

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lol, such a good movie.

I would hope literally any distance.

James @nonzerosum.games · 06/09/2026

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She was not duly impressed.

James @nonzerosum.games · 06/09/2026

I remember leaning over and whispering “non-zero-sum game” in my wife’s ear in the movies when Louise couldn’t think of the answer to her daughter’s question.

James @nonzerosum.games · 06/09/2026

Sorry about the long delay, the post is at nonzerosum.games/graviton.html which explains the set up. The math in short uses an inverse power law to determine pull/push = (random valence constant / (distance+1))^2. There are weights set with sliders that feed into it but that’s the basic math.

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EMERGENT GRAVITY ~ exploring the speculative foundations of gravity and emergence from entropy

A speculative exploration into the foundations of gravity, the role of entropy in emergence, and the philosophical implications of creating something from nothing.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 04/09/2026

Don’t let people live in your head rent free.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 03/09/2026

Perhaps you should block Rob, problem solved, natural consequence.

James @nonzerosum.games · 01/09/2026

Thanks, I use Adobe Premiere, I’m a documentary editor for my day job so it’s just the tool I’m used to using.

James @nonzerosum.games · 01/09/2026

Thanks, yes, they are my own illustrations. Funny you mention Google’s cartoons, I’m looking to do more animated elements inspired by another tech giant’s snoopy cartoons ( the Apple TV screensaver ). Simple but adorable.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 25/08/2026

It’s a reality of the world we live in, understanding the dynamics at play is important. Saying it’s “disingenuous” to talk about them is policing concepts. I’m not talking about the virtues of eugenics or something controversial, geopolitical equilibria are an academic interest of mine.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 25/08/2026

Didn’t realise I was talking to the concept police. Sorry officer.

James @nonzerosum.games · 23/08/2026

The equilibria on MAD and roulette are entirely different. I'm not sure there's any way to demonstrate "blind luck" since we have no counter-factual, but it can be shown that when the dynamics of MAD broke down (through asymmetrical tech), things got a lot more dangerous.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/08/2026

The article advocates for courage, the opposite of compliance - pretty close to "do hard things".

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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/08/2026

Ah, okay thanks for “giving me” the immediately obvious workaround everyone uses… I guess. The point is, it’s a problem that needn’t exist.

James @nonzerosum.games · 22/08/2026

Yeah, thanks, it happens - here's the link if you need it (I've resent the newsletter) nonzerosum.games/bayesiangame...