The Final Boss of Humanity (And How To Stop It)

This week Magnum & Izzo discuss "Moloch Game Theory", an idea that explains why society is completely f***ed in many areas. How do we stop Moloch? Listen and find out.

EPISODE 122 OF THE SWERVE PODCAST ↩️

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⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Welcome/Drinks
4:01 - The Basics: How Moloch Destroys Society
14:21 - Moloch and The Prisoner’s Dilemma
23:52 - Moloch in Society: Environment
26:22 - Moloch in Society: Business
32:29 - Shoutouts
33:23 - Rabbit Hole: Conspiracy Theories Podcast
33:56 - Moloch in Society: Military
41:32 - Moloch in Society: Artificial Intelligence
47:52 - Moloch in Society: e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
49:50 - Moloch in Society: Science
1:01:24 - Moloch in Society: Government
1:11:14 - Moloch in Society: Out of Control Central Banks!
1:17:44 - Moloch in Society: Beauty Filters
1:20:00 - Moloch in Society: Jelking + Height
1:22:56 - Moloch in Society: Toilet Paper
1:25:11 - Slaying Moloch: Creating A Race To The Top
1:27:33 - Slaying Moloch: Low-Time Preference Thinking
1:32:46 - Slaying Moloch: Summon Win-Win
1:39:03 - Slaying Moloch: Coordinate Consensus
1:40:23 - Slaying Moloch: Doomer Takes, Just Give Up?
1:42:13 - Slaying Moloch: Build An AI God????
1:46:04 - Producer Tier Shoutouts
1:46:33 - Final Thoughts

📘 References:
1. Scott Alexander’s, “Meditations on Moloch” (Essay Link)
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

2. The Prisoner’s Dilemma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

3. Mutually Assured Destruction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction

4. General Info on Replication Crisis in Science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis

5. Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology - Replication Crisis
Study 1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8651289/
Study 2: https://www.science.org/content/article/more-half-high-impact-cancer-lab-studies-could-not-be-replicated-controversial-analysis

6. Nature Survey on Reproducibility Crisis in Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/533452a

7. Princeton Study - Why Democracy is Fake
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

8. Daniel Schmachtenberger on Moloch (Podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvVdGNzCQk

9. Daniel Schmachtenberger + Liv Boeree on Moloch (Podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSsKV5F4xc

10. Liv Boeree on Moloch and Win-Win (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fifVuhgvQQ8

11. Consensus Technology, Bitcoin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

12. Slaying Moloch (Essay)
https://nintil.com/slaying-alexanders-moloch

🎙️ Past Episodes Mentioned:
👉 Artificial Intelligence – The Verge of Superintelligence (Episode 101)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5D0SUvuX5BiiQQvJQYrBTI?si=608f50e9ba7b45a3&nd=1&dlsi=c0b117ae3cfa43f5

👉 The Federal Reserve (Episode 81)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53jGyxa3R4PEk5y1cFXGmv?si=317cc173819b4101&nd=1&dlsi=595ce8dd73824f25

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