James
@nonzerosumjames.bsky.social
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James
@nonzerosumjames.bsky.social
· Jul 5
A quick #intro for the lovely people here on Bluesky... nice to meet you!
listen here: pod.link/1810797958 (easy listening)
read here: nonzerosum.games (more posts, pics and sims)
listen here: pod.link/1810797958 (easy listening)
read here: nonzerosum.games (more posts, pics and sims)
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The Non-Zero-Sum James podcast is now up on YOUTUBE. Amazing. If that's how you listen to your podcast... here you go.
Non-Zero-Sum James - YouTube
A podcast where I read my blog to you, and chit-chat a little. I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are e...
youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Non-Zero-Sum James podcast is now up on YOUTUBE. Amazing. If that's how you listen to your podcast... here you go.
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Ha, just going through my twitter DMs before abandoning it altogether, and realised that back in 2010 I totally ghosted Taika Waititi... #oop #sorry #proxyfamous
February 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ha, just going through my twitter DMs before abandoning it altogether, and realised that back in 2010 I totally ghosted Taika Waititi... #oop #sorry #proxyfamous
Last year I was lucky enough to spend 6 months cutting a beautiful documentary for Leanne Pooley with my long-time editing partner Tim Woodhouse and we just won Best Editing: Documentary / Factual at the NZ Screen Awards!
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Last year I was lucky enough to spend 6 months cutting a beautiful documentary for Leanne Pooley with my long-time editing partner Tim Woodhouse and we just won Best Editing: Documentary / Factual at the NZ Screen Awards!
I’m starting a movement against music in waiting rooms. If I’m sitting for an hour, I want to read, not listen to music I didn’t choose.
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m starting a movement against music in waiting rooms. If I’m sitting for an hour, I want to read, not listen to music I didn’t choose.
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
Who’s with me?
#waitingrooms #readers #rant #issues
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Has it ever occurred to you that good times never make for great stories, but disasters... often... do?
I'm mixing it up this week with a funny story... that wasn't so funny at the time. #mishaps #cars #oops #disaster #tesla #panic
nonzerosum.games/nomatterwhereyougetto.html
I'm mixing it up this week with a funny story... that wasn't so funny at the time. #mishaps #cars #oops #disaster #tesla #panic
nonzerosum.games/nomatterwhereyougetto.html
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GET TO, THERE YOU ARE
A humorous reflection on life lessons learned through car ownership, revealing that true fulfillment comes from within, not from external achievements.
nonzerosum.games
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
August 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
Two of my favourite people chatting youtu.be/fcjmd_ClJJo?...
Scott Galloway - Empathy for Men Is Not a Zero-Sum Game in "Notes on Being a Man" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Two of my favourite people chatting youtu.be/fcjmd_ClJJo?...
A great piece by Prosocial World on the evolutionary origins of xenophobia.
Xenophobia in the Light of Evolution: On the Origins of Anti-Immigration Sentiment
Besides racial prejudice, what else is behind xenophobia? Among the evolved human instincts, we can find at least two for the anti-immigration sentiment: territoriality and the endowment effect.
www.prosocial.world
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A great piece by Prosocial World on the evolutionary origins of xenophobia.
Has it ever occurred to you that good times never make for great stories, but disasters... often... do?
I'm mixing it up this week with a funny story... that wasn't so funny at the time. #mishaps #cars #oops #disaster #tesla #panic
nonzerosum.games/nomatterwhereyougetto.html
I'm mixing it up this week with a funny story... that wasn't so funny at the time. #mishaps #cars #oops #disaster #tesla #panic
nonzerosum.games/nomatterwhereyougetto.html
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GET TO, THERE YOU ARE
A humorous reflection on life lessons learned through car ownership, revealing that true fulfillment comes from within, not from external achievements.
nonzerosum.games
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Galloway thinking outside the box about GLP-1s (not sure why he pits it against AI...)
America’s Best Bet | No Mercy / No Malice
America is now one giant bet on AI. If not for the Magnificent 10, the markets would be flat for the year. There’s a different technology that offers more asymmetric upside. If we want to transform th...
www.profgalloway.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Galloway thinking outside the box about GLP-1s (not sure why he pits it against AI...)
The Non-Zero-Sum James podcast is now up on YOUTUBE. Amazing. If that's how you listen to your podcast... here you go.
Non-Zero-Sum James - YouTube
A podcast where I read my blog to you, and chit-chat a little. I'm Non-Zero-Sum James, your companion on this exploration of win-win games and how they are e...
youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Non-Zero-Sum James podcast is now up on YOUTUBE. Amazing. If that's how you listen to your podcast... here you go.
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We all want world peace—and that is generally a function of maintaining international relations. So this week’s post aims squarely at... Dr Evil? #GeoPolitics #Conflict #Tariffs #Liberalism #Realpolitik #WorldPeace #Kant #ThomasPaine #ThomasHobbes
DR EVIL & REALPOLITIK
Explore the conflict-driven geopolitics of today through the lens of Political Realism and Liberalism, questioning the sustainability of each approach.
nonzerosum.games
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We all want world peace—and that is generally a function of maintaining international relations. So this week’s post aims squarely at... Dr Evil? #GeoPolitics #Conflict #Tariffs #Liberalism #Realpolitik #WorldPeace #Kant #ThomasPaine #ThomasHobbes
We all want world peace—and that is generally a function of maintaining international relations. So this week’s post aims squarely at... Dr Evil? #GeoPolitics #Conflict #Tariffs #Liberalism #Realpolitik #WorldPeace #Kant #ThomasPaine #ThomasHobbes
DR EVIL & REALPOLITIK
Explore the conflict-driven geopolitics of today through the lens of Political Realism and Liberalism, questioning the sustainability of each approach.
nonzerosum.games
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We all want world peace—and that is generally a function of maintaining international relations. So this week’s post aims squarely at... Dr Evil? #GeoPolitics #Conflict #Tariffs #Liberalism #Realpolitik #WorldPeace #Kant #ThomasPaine #ThomasHobbes
I prefer the "rising tide lifts all boats" to the "increasing the size of the pie" metaphor. The latter assumes the success of business leads to the alleviation of poverty, the former acknowledges that it's two way:
1. better business → poverty alleviation
2. poverty alleviation → better business
1. better business → poverty alleviation
2. poverty alleviation → better business
October 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I prefer the "rising tide lifts all boats" to the "increasing the size of the pie" metaphor. The latter assumes the success of business leads to the alleviation of poverty, the former acknowledges that it's two way:
1. better business → poverty alleviation
2. poverty alleviation → better business
1. better business → poverty alleviation
2. poverty alleviation → better business
I'm always trying to picture the ideal society. To do this is to balance the freedoms we're willing to forego in order to provide rights we determine to be essential.
This episode explores a new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, helping us parse the rhetoric of "big" and "small" government.
This episode explores a new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, helping us parse the rhetoric of "big" and "small" government.
Rights & Liberties—are opposites
Podcast Episode · Non-Zero-Sum James · 02/10/2025 · 9m
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October 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm always trying to picture the ideal society. To do this is to balance the freedoms we're willing to forego in order to provide rights we determine to be essential.
This episode explores a new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, helping us parse the rhetoric of "big" and "small" government.
This episode explores a new way of looking at Rights & Liberties, helping us parse the rhetoric of "big" and "small" government.
The University system doesn't have a left-wing bias, it has a 'open-mindedness to truth' bias, which it shares with left-wing politics. #Politics #Left #Right #TheSystem
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The University system doesn't have a left-wing bias, it has a 'open-mindedness to truth' bias, which it shares with left-wing politics. #Politics #Left #Right #TheSystem
"This feels like if the oatmeal.com was a .org/.edu domain and it’s wonderful" #HighPraise #Thanks #Comments #Feedback
NON-ZERO-SUM GAMES
~ a world-help site ~
nonzerosum.games
October 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"This feels like if the oatmeal.com was a .org/.edu domain and it’s wonderful" #HighPraise #Thanks #Comments #Feedback
I want to solve problems in the world, but many issues seem intractable because they require coordination, like pins in a lock.
Understanding coordination is necessary for issues like climate change and inequality.
'Unlocking Solutions' deals with coordination problems and how to solve them.
Understanding coordination is necessary for issues like climate change and inequality.
'Unlocking Solutions' deals with coordination problems and how to solve them.
UNLOCKING SOLUTIONS
Exploring coordination problems and their solutions
nonzerosum.games
October 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I want to solve problems in the world, but many issues seem intractable because they require coordination, like pins in a lock.
Understanding coordination is necessary for issues like climate change and inequality.
'Unlocking Solutions' deals with coordination problems and how to solve them.
Understanding coordination is necessary for issues like climate change and inequality.
'Unlocking Solutions' deals with coordination problems and how to solve them.
A beautiful soul.
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A beautiful soul.
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I care about poverty, mainly alleviating it..
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
WHY POOR PEOPLE MAKE POOR DECISIONS
A case for giving more money to those who are bad with money.
nonzerosum.games
September 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I care about poverty, mainly alleviating it..
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
When I discovered this one piece of research it changed my whole approach to understanding poverty.
"Why People in Poverty make Poor Decisions" explores this research which points to a simple solution. Listen or read at:
nonzerosum.games/poverty.html
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Why am I doing this? Simon Sinek says that all good stories start with "Why" so... I had a go at starting with "Why", and it changed the way I think about #fairness and #progress.
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
FAIRNESS & PROGRESS
Exploring the relationship between fairness and progress, emphasizing non-zero-sum games as a means to enhance human well-being and collective growth.
nonzerosum.games
September 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Why am I doing this? Simon Sinek says that all good stories start with "Why" so... I had a go at starting with "Why", and it changed the way I think about #fairness and #progress.
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
The first politician on Gary's Economics
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Why am I doing this? Simon Sinek says that all good stories start with "Why" so... I had a go at starting with "Why", and it changed the way I think about #fairness and #progress.
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
FAIRNESS & PROGRESS
Exploring the relationship between fairness and progress, emphasizing non-zero-sum games as a means to enhance human well-being and collective growth.
nonzerosum.games
September 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Why am I doing this? Simon Sinek says that all good stories start with "Why" so... I had a go at starting with "Why", and it changed the way I think about #fairness and #progress.
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
#PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Values #Ethics #WellBeing #Humanity #Collective #Individual #nonzero
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once