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James Stephen Brown

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I write about moral philosophy, artificial intelligence and game theory—in particular non-zero-sum games and their importance in solving the world’s problems. Most of my writing originates on my personal website nonzerosum.games.

I have admitted I am wrong at least 10 times on the internet.

The Sys­tem Didn’t, and Doesn’t Need to be This Way ~ Thomas Paine on Eco­nomic Justice

James Stephen BrownApr 19, 2025, 5:16 AM
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The Era of the Divi­d­ual—are we fal­ling apart?

James Stephen BrownApr 12, 2025, 10:35 PM
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Arusha Per­pet­ual Chicken—an un­likely iter­ated game

James Stephen BrownApr 6, 2025, 10:56 PM
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So­cial Dilem­mas — pub­lic goods, free rid­ers, and exploitation

James Stephen BrownMar 5, 2025, 11:31 PM
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The Stag Hunt—cul­ti­vat­ing co­op­er­a­tion to reap rewards

James Stephen BrownFeb 25, 2025, 11:45 PM
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The Dilemma’s Dilemma

James Stephen BrownFeb 19, 2025, 11:50 PM
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Inescapably Value-Laden Ex­pe­rience—a Catchy Term I Made Up to Make Mo­ral­ity Rationalisable

James Stephen BrownDec 19, 2024, 4:45 AM
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James Stephen Brown’s Shortform

James Stephen BrownDec 19, 2024, 4:09 AM
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What is Con­fi­dence—in Game The­ory and Life?

James Stephen BrownDec 10, 2024, 11:06 PM
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Im­pli­ca­tions—How Con­scious Sig­nifi­cance Could In­form Our lives

James Stephen BrownNov 26, 2024, 5:42 PM
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Paradigm Shifts—change ev­ery­thing… ex­cept al­most everything

James Stephen BrownNov 23, 2024, 6:34 PM
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Both-Side­sism—When Fair & Balanced Goes Wrong

James Stephen BrownNov 2, 2024, 3:04 AM
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A Case for Con­scious Sig­nifi­cance rather than Free Will.

James Stephen BrownOct 25, 2024, 11:20 PM
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Method­ol­ogy: Con­ta­gious Beliefs

James Stephen BrownOct 19, 2024, 3:58 AM
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Con­ta­gious Beliefs—Si­mu­lat­ing Poli­ti­cal Alignment

James Stephen BrownOct 13, 2024, 12:27 AM
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An In­ter­ac­tive Shap­ley Value Explainer

James Stephen BrownSep 28, 2024, 5:01 AM
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The Other Ex­is­ten­tial Crisis

James Stephen BrownSep 21, 2024, 1:16 AM
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Could Things Be Very Differ­ent?—How His­tor­i­cal In­er­tia Might Blind Us To Op­ti­mal Solutions

James Stephen BrownSep 11, 2024, 9:53 AM
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We Don’t Just Let Peo­ple Die—So What Next?

James Stephen BrownAug 3, 2024, 1:04 AM
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Un­lock­ing Solu­tions—By Un­der­stand­ing Co­or­di­na­tion Problems

James Stephen BrownJul 27, 2024, 4:52 AM
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