The New Enlightenment with Ashley

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Exploring paradigm shifts in economics, governance and knowledge systems. We are living through a moment of transition relating to digital technologies (AI, blockchain, etc), institutional distrust and general societal instability. This channel envisions hope for a rebirth of systems on the other side of the 2020's chaos. This is essentially a theory channel: game theory, systems theory, economic theory & evolutionary theory. My name is Ashley Hodgson, and in my regular life I'm an economics professor. My other YouTube channel includes: 1) Donella Meadows' Thinking in Systems: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6RiAl2WHXEU04zFYyWrUG… 2) Institutional Economics: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6RiAl2WHXEJIs7_jY-LWE… 3) Elinor Ostrom's book Governing the Commons: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6RiAl2WHXGbta9qJgBpUm… All views expressed are my own; nothing I say on the channel or in the public square represents my employer.

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An A.I. Parable & the LLM Dilemma

An A.I. Parable & the LLM Dilemma The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.7K views - 4 weeks ago

Does the Economy Serve the “Collective Will”?

Does the Economy Serve the “Collective Will”? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.2K views - 1 month ago

Distorted Thinking & Strategy in the Battle Over the Economic Mythology

Distorted Thinking & Strategy in the Battle Over the Economic Mythology The New Enlightenment with Ashley

8.2K views - 1 month ago

Appearance: Evil Dictator Pulling Strings | Reality: Emergent Behavior of System

Appearance: Evil Dictator Pulling Strings | Reality: Emergent Behavior of System The New Enlightenment with Ashley

18.1K views - 3 months ago

Does Nudging Crowd Out Free Will?

Does Nudging Crowd Out Free Will? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.6K views - 4 months ago

Evolutionary Meme Theory & Political Polarization

Evolutionary Meme Theory & Political Polarization The New Enlightenment with Ashley

6.6K views - 5 months ago

Can Yin & Yang Heal the Political Divide?

Can Yin & Yang Heal the Political Divide? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

2.3K views - 5 months ago

Modern Day Banality of Evil

Modern Day Banality of Evil The New Enlightenment with Ashley

11.7K views - 5 months ago

Why don’t investigative journalists help with bad collective decisions?

Why don’t investigative journalists help with bad collective decisions? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

7.3K views - 7 months ago

Game Theory of Power-to-the-Powerful

Game Theory of Power-to-the-Powerful The New Enlightenment with Ashley

40.1K views - 9 months ago

Is virtue threatening to power? Freedom of religion as an institution

Is virtue threatening to power? Freedom of religion as an institution The New Enlightenment with Ashley

5.6K views - 9 months ago

The Creepy Utopia Problem: Why does the task of envisioning new institutions lead to creepiness?

The Creepy Utopia Problem: Why does the task of envisioning new institutions lead to creepiness? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

7.9K views - 11 months ago

Behavioral Economics Critiques: The Economic Mythology of Technofeudalism?

Behavioral Economics Critiques: The Economic Mythology of Technofeudalism? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

18.3K views - 1 year ago

The Battleground of Our Era is the Economic Mythology: What is our task?

The Battleground of Our Era is the Economic Mythology: What is our task? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

15.1K views - 1 year ago

The Danger and Necessity of War Language in a Surveillance Economy

The Danger and Necessity of War Language in a Surveillance Economy The New Enlightenment with Ashley

10.6K views - 1 year ago

Surveillance Capitalism: Trojan Horses in an Economic Grab for Behavior Modification

Surveillance Capitalism: Trojan Horses in an Economic Grab for Behavior Modification The New Enlightenment with Ashley

75K views - 1 year ago

Conspiracy-Non-Conspiracy Thinking From an Actual Theorist (Game theory, systems theory, etc)

Conspiracy-Non-Conspiracy Thinking From an Actual Theorist (Game theory, systems theory, etc) The New Enlightenment with Ashley

8.4K views - 1 year ago

Why is it dangerous to think (too rigidly) of people as “having power”?

Why is it dangerous to think (too rigidly) of people as “having power”? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

10.8K views - 1 year ago

Why do central planners crowd out on-the-ground knowledge? Metis in "Seeing Like a State"

Why do central planners crowd out on-the-ground knowledge? Metis in "Seeing Like a State" The New Enlightenment with Ashley

5.7K views - 1 year ago

Case Studies in Failed Social Engineering | Seeing like a State: How State Perception Matters

Case Studies in Failed Social Engineering | Seeing like a State: How State Perception Matters The New Enlightenment with Ashley

10.4K views - 1 year ago

American vs. French Revolutions: Opposite on Free Speech - Why? Free Speech in the Old Enlightenment

American vs. French Revolutions: Opposite on Free Speech - Why? Free Speech in the Old Enlightenment The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.8K views - 1 year ago

Ponzi Schemes & Multi-Level Marketing Schemes | When data lies & theory balances out the distortion

Ponzi Schemes & Multi-Level Marketing Schemes | When data lies & theory balances out the distortion The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.5K views - 1 year ago

If institutions are failing, what is an institution? How does "the system" influence them?

If institutions are failing, what is an institution? How does "the system" influence them? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.3K views - 1 year ago

Are the human superorganism & the dragon political economy the same thing?

Are the human superorganism & the dragon political economy the same thing? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.8K views - 1 year ago

Collapse vs. Paradigm Shift | Collapse Does Not Have to Be Scary

Collapse vs. Paradigm Shift | Collapse Does Not Have to Be Scary The New Enlightenment with Ashley

4.8K views - 1 year ago

Atomic Collaboration: How to Re-Direct the Energies Feeding the Dragon’s Political Economy

Atomic Collaboration: How to Re-Direct the Energies Feeding the Dragon’s Political Economy The New Enlightenment with Ashley

2.5K views - 1 year ago

Myth of Barter: My Critique on Graeber's Critique & Re-Thinking Economic Myth

Myth of Barter: My Critique on Graeber's Critique & Re-Thinking Economic Myth The New Enlightenment with Ashley

8.1K views - 1 year ago

How can money shift the moral frame of a community?

How can money shift the moral frame of a community? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

12K views - 1 year ago

Embodied Game Theory: A Tool for the Dragon Political Economy

Embodied Game Theory: A Tool for the Dragon Political Economy The New Enlightenment with Ashley

9.2K views - 1 year ago

The History of Free Speech: From Greece to Luther & the Printing Press (Book Review, Pt 1)

The History of Free Speech: From Greece to Luther & the Printing Press (Book Review, Pt 1) The New Enlightenment with Ashley

2.3K views - 1 year ago

Paradigm Shift in Economic Growth: Forests Grow “Forever”

Paradigm Shift in Economic Growth: Forests Grow “Forever” The New Enlightenment with Ashley

5.7K views - 1 year ago

Anatomy of the Dragon: Intro to a Political Economy

Anatomy of the Dragon: Intro to a Political Economy The New Enlightenment with Ashley

5.7K views - 1 year ago

Why Cynicism & Gullibility Go Together | Why Society is Drifting Toward Both

Why Cynicism & Gullibility Go Together | Why Society is Drifting Toward Both The New Enlightenment with Ashley

6.2K views - 1 year ago

What is the New Enlightenment Channel About? (2024)

What is the New Enlightenment Channel About? (2024) The New Enlightenment with Ashley

6.9K views - 1 year ago

Why Economic Growth (GDP) Does Not Bring Population Wellbeing | Economic Myth

Why Economic Growth (GDP) Does Not Bring Population Wellbeing | Economic Myth The New Enlightenment with Ashley

25.8K views - 1 year ago

The Economics of Innocent Fraud | A Book About Economic Myth

The Economics of Innocent Fraud | A Book About Economic Myth The New Enlightenment with Ashley

17.1K views - 1 year ago

Mature Economics: Do economists really think everyone is selfish and “fully rational”?

Mature Economics: Do economists really think everyone is selfish and “fully rational”? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

5.4K views - 1 year ago

Ideologies & Religions are Maps | Why Fights Over Maps Fail

Ideologies & Religions are Maps | Why Fights Over Maps Fail The New Enlightenment with Ashley

4.3K views - 1 year ago

How “The Matter With Things” Can Transform the World | book by Iain McGilchrist

How “The Matter With Things” Can Transform the World | book by Iain McGilchrist The New Enlightenment with Ashley

12.1K views - 1 year ago

The Banality of Evil, Technocrats and Salience Frames | Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem”

The Banality of Evil, Technocrats and Salience Frames | Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” The New Enlightenment with Ashley

20.7K views - 1 year ago

The Original Free Marketeers: Islamic Traders of the Middle Ages (David Graber, Debt, Part 3)

The Original Free Marketeers: Islamic Traders of the Middle Ages (David Graber, Debt, Part 3) The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.3K views - 1 year ago

What Defeated the Military-Coinage-Slavery Complex? Axial Age Economic Transition | Debt by Graeber

What Defeated the Military-Coinage-Slavery Complex? Axial Age Economic Transition | Debt by Graeber The New Enlightenment with Ashley

16.8K views - 1 year ago

Debt by David Graeber: Our Historic Moment of Economic Transition

Debt by David Graeber: Our Historic Moment of Economic Transition The New Enlightenment with Ashley

9.1K views - 1 year ago

What is the Metacrisis? Why is it Hopeful?

What is the Metacrisis? Why is it Hopeful? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

4K views - 1 year ago

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism? by Yanis Varoufakis | A book review

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism? by Yanis Varoufakis | A book review The New Enlightenment with Ashley

32.1K views - 2 years ago

Less inequality or more? How to get around the inequality loggerheads

Less inequality or more? How to get around the inequality loggerheads The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.2K views - 2 years ago

Creative Destruction of Institutions

Creative Destruction of Institutions The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.6K views - 2 years ago

Straw Man Mythologies: Why Communities Resist Evidence

Straw Man Mythologies: Why Communities Resist Evidence The New Enlightenment with Ashley

2.2K views - 2 years ago

Why does the human superorganism have cancer?

Why does the human superorganism have cancer? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3K views - 2 years ago

Paradigm Shifts in the Knowledge Realm | The New Scientific Revolution

Paradigm Shifts in the Knowledge Realm | The New Scientific Revolution The New Enlightenment with Ashley

4.3K views - 2 years ago

Jane Austen Fans & Game Theorists as Collaborators in Modelling Institutional Social Dynamics

Jane Austen Fans & Game Theorists as Collaborators in Modelling Institutional Social Dynamics The New Enlightenment with Ashley

631 views - 2 years ago

Judo of Mass Frustration: The Anticorruption Campaign Allegory

Judo of Mass Frustration: The Anticorruption Campaign Allegory The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.6K views - 2 years ago

Human Nature: Egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest book review

Human Nature: Egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest book review The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.5K views - 2 years ago

Wall Street vs. Main Street: Idealized Finance in the Current System as a way to think beyond

Wall Street vs. Main Street: Idealized Finance in the Current System as a way to think beyond The New Enlightenment with Ashley

811 views - 2 years ago

A Romp Through the Problems with the Finance Sector | Book Review of Makers & Takers

A Romp Through the Problems with the Finance Sector | Book Review of Makers & Takers The New Enlightenment with Ashley

879 views - 2 years ago

New Economic Maps: The Economy’s Attunement to Problems

New Economic Maps: The Economy’s Attunement to Problems The New Enlightenment with Ashley

900 views - 2 years ago

Why the Digital Economy is Fundamentally Different: Web 3.0 & Public Goods

Why the Digital Economy is Fundamentally Different: Web 3.0 & Public Goods The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.1K views - 2 years ago

Generations’ Roles in the 4th Turning Crisis & Rebirth: Boomer, Gen X, Millennials & Gen Z

Generations’ Roles in the 4th Turning Crisis & Rebirth: Boomer, Gen X, Millennials & Gen Z The New Enlightenment with Ashley

3.3K views - 2 years ago

The 4th Turning Is Here book review | Boomers', Gen X's & Millennials' Role in the Crisis Turning

The 4th Turning Is Here book review | Boomers', Gen X's & Millennials' Role in the Crisis Turning The New Enlightenment with Ashley

9.9K views - 2 years ago

Sociocracy: Could Corporate-Style Governance Work in Broader Society?

Sociocracy: Could Corporate-Style Governance Work in Broader Society? The New Enlightenment with Ashley

1.1K views - 2 years ago