Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Bend not Break #2: Maximum Power and Hyper Agents"

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the second of a four-part series, Nate and Daniel explore the relationship between energy, information, technology, the Superorganism, and the maximum power principle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can we maximize returns on agency? Nate and Daniel explain the importance of hyper agents: those humans who have an outsized influence on what's happening in the world.</span></p> <p><strong>About Daniel Schmachtenberger:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Towards these ends, he's had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/20-daniel-schmactenberger</span></p>