Kristian Rönn | The Darwinian Trap That Explains Our World
AUG 29, 202464 MIN
Kristian Rönn | The Darwinian Trap That Explains Our World
AUG 29, 202464 MIN
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<p><strong>Speaker</strong></p><p>Kristian Rönn is the CEO and co-founder of Normative. He has a background in mathematics, philosophy, computer science and artificial intelligence. Before he started Normative he worked at the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute on issues related to global catastrophic risks.</p><br><p><strong>Session Summary</strong></p><p>When people talk about today’s biggest challenges they tend to frame the conversation around “bad people” doing “bad things.” But is there more to the story? </p><br><p>In this month’s Hope Drop we speak to Kristian Rönn, an entrepreneur formerly affiliated with the Future of Humanity Institute. Kristian calls these deeply rooted impulses “Darwinian demons.” These forces, a by-product of natural selection, can lead us to act in shortsighted ways that harm others—and even imperil our survival as a species. In our latest episode, Kristian explains how we can escape these evolutionary traps through cooperation and innovative thinking. Kristian's new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darwinian-Trap-Evolutionary-Explain-Threaten/dp/0593594053/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AMXQL16DPNL6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JQF2HYGw7XWdYGggJefpOQ.sSRcQxroSeat-LwiG6YTwHon6BVkstgEGkmYFnoZ3ak&dib_tag=se&keywords=darwinian+trap&qid=1723120532&s=books&sprefix=darwinian+trap%2Cstripbooks%2C297&sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Darwinian Trap, is being published on September 24th</a>. Be sure to preorder it today!</p><br><p><strong>Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece:</strong><a href="https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.existentialhope.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Existential Hope</a> was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a<a href="https://foresight.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Foresight Institute</a> project.</p><br><p>Hosted by<a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/allison-duettmann-president-ceo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Allison Duettmann</a> and<a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers-chief-of-operations/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Beatrice Erkers</a></p><br><p>Follow Us:<a href="https://twitter.com/foresightinst" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> |<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> LinkedIn</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/existential.hope/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Existential Hope Instagram</a></p><br><p>Explore every word spoken on this podcast through<a href="https://fathom.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Fathom.fm</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
