E140| Money, Power, Inequality and AI w/ Forrest Landry

Welcoming master craftsman and philosopher Forrest Landry in dialogue on the deep structures underlying money, power, and inequality in modern civilization. Starting with fundamental questions about what money really is, we move through an analysis of why inequality has reached unprecedented levels, to urgent questions about artificial intelligence, the future of human choice-making, and a foundational orientation of response.---Desire, Want and Need on Delicate Fire: https://youtu.be/rejVuh1Knn8Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e140-money-power-inequality-and-ai-w/-forrest-landry-and-tim-adalinChapters0:00 Introduction: Money, Power & AI0:55 Lenses for Understanding Money: Choice, Energy & Game Theory06:12 Why Inequality Exploded: Technology as Extraction Amplifier29:30 The Three Stages of Mastery: Change, Causation & Choice41:05 Beyond Capitalism vs Socialism: Upgrading the Game57:40 The Maker-Taker Inversion: When Extraction Became Valued Over Creation1:16:08 Virtual vs Virtue: Humility and Being Rooted in Reality1:26:38 Rewilding Ourselves: Embodiment and Collective Wisdom1:38:31 Why Everyone's Investing in AI: The Loss of Trust in Ourselves1:47:40 The Path Forward: Distributed, Embodied, Contextualized Choice-Making---Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0