If you ever downloaded online videos since the year 2000, this man is who you should thank! This week I’m speaking with technologist and philosopher Jordan Hall (formerly Jordan Greenhall). Jordan was a founder of numerous early-internet companies including video codec company DivX. However, I got to know him through his contributions to a community known as “Game B”, which seeks to understand how human civilization can transform itself into a more sustainable, anti-rivalrous, win-win dynamic.
Today’s conversation is a philosophical and technical dive into the anthropological drivers of competition, complexity, centra and decentralization, and the role of AI in shaping a more Game B future. 
 
JORDAN’S BIOGRAPHY:
Jordan is now in his seventeenth year of building disruptive technology companies.
First as an early employee crafting strategy and product for MP3.com, then at InterVU (acquired by Akamai) and then finally in 2000 launching and leading the online digital video revolution as founder and CEO of DivX.
After somewhat successfully navigating two financial crises and an IPO (and going down in flames at Stage6), he left the helm at DivX to return his attention to the big picture. He tried his hand at capitalism – combining Angel investment at the sharp edge of the Schumpeter wave — with participation in a number of think tanks and institutes; most notably, the Aspen Institute and the Santa Fe Institute where he served on the Board of Trustees for five sweet years.
This exposure led him to the conclusion that humanity is in the midst of a world historical transition which will likely kill all of us (see Mad Max) but just might end in a truly amazing future (see Star Trek). Getting there is going to require many things of us – most notably a significant upgrade of our individual and collective capacity for thought and action.
 
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Childhood Games & Competition
07:14 Evolutionary Reason for Positive Externalities when Competing
11:45 What is Game B
26:42 Cybernetic control structures and the Culture Wars
32:10 Capitalism and Communism as two sides of the same coin
35:03 Why Game A is self-terminating
53:10 How to move toward a Game B society
58:50 How individuals can move towards Game B
01:03:18 The Hyperconversation and Collective Insight
01:06:10 Creating the next Collective Intelligence
01:10:10 How to protect against bad actors
01:18:35 How to cultivate more of a Game B lifestyle
01:30:35 Mental resilience against doom and negativity
01:38:20 AI as a tool against Moloch
01:42:27 What’s next?
 
RELEVANT LINKS:
♾️  The Game B Wiki
♾️  Jordan Hall’s Blog
♾️  The Secrets of Our Success - Joseph Heinrich
♾️  Understanding the Blue Church
♾️  Collective Insight Practices - Bonnitta Roy
♾️  The Medium is the Message - Marshall Mcluhan
 
CREDITS:
♾️  Hosted by: Liv Boeree
♾️  Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei
♾️  Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt