Non-zero-sum James

Strong believer in effective altruism and have taken the giving pledge. My weekly blog at nonzerosum.games is a world-help site of sorts - focussing on win-win games as essential to facing global issues. I explore game-theoretical approaches to real world issues in an accessible way, using illustrations, simulations and badly drawn graphs.

I’m a Documentary filmmaker who has spent over 20 years researching, interviewing and building stories around the world - everything from the war in Afghanistan, to life in inner-city Los Angeles, to an Aussie bloke with 34 dogs. I'm a life long student, with passion for creating a better world.

Posts

The System Didn’t, and Doesn’t Need to be This Way ~ Thomas Paine on Economic...
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-04-19 | +6 | 0 comments
The Era of the Dividual—are we falling apart?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-04-14 | +3 | 0 comments
Arusha Perpetual Chicken—an unlikely iterated game
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-04-06 | +4 | 0 comments
Social Dilemmas — public goods, free riders, and exploitation
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-03-05 | +3 | 0 comments
Is AI x-risk becoming a distraction?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-02-27 | +2 | 0 comments
The Stag Hunt—cultivating cooperation to reap rewards
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-02-25 | +13 | 0 comments
The Dilemma's Dilemma
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-02-19 | +2 | 0 comments
Inescapably Value-Laden Experience—Can We Make Morality Rationalisable?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2025-01-15 | +2 | 0 comments
What is Confidence, in Game Theory and Life?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-12-10 | +2 | 0 comments
Paradigm Shifts—change everything... except almost everything
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-11-26 | +2 | 0 comments
A Case for Conscious Significance—an approach to free will & determinism
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-11-23 | +2 | 0 comments
Both-sidesism—When Fair & Balanced Goes Wrong
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-11-02 | +10 | 0 comments
Contagious Beliefs—Simulating Political Alignment
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-10-13 | +4 | 0 comments
An Interactive Shapley Value Explainer
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-10-11 | +18 | 0 comments
Subgame Purrrfection—Guest Writer Jaiveer Singh Explores Subgame-Perfect Nash...
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-10-09 | +1 | 0 comments
Capitalising on Trust—A Karmic Simulation
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-09-28 | +2 | 0 comments
Unlocking Solutions—By Understanding Coordination Problems
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-07-27 | +2 | 0 comments
Why People in Poverty Make Bad Decisions
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-07-15 | +4 | 0 comments
Saving Lives Reduces Over-Population—A Counter-Intuitive Non-Zero-Sum Game
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-06-28 | +6 | 0 comments
Masculinity—A Case For Courage
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-06-04 | +6 | 0 comments
The Alignment Problem No One is Talking About
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-05-14 | +5 | 0 comments
Crabs in a Bucket ~ Or Links in a Chain
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-02-28 | +3 | 0 comments
A Kindness Equation ~ should I give to charity or volunteer?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-02-08 | +13 | 0 comments
Moral Licensing ~ the makings of a very negative-sum game?
by Non-zero-sum James @ 2024-02-08 | +5 | 0 comments