Collective Intelligence, Mathematical Agency, Economics & Cognition | Benjamin Lyons
Benjamin Lyons works on issues of collective intelligence within economics, biology & mathematics.
We typically think that agency can only be found in brains and organisms like us. But what if we could find agency in something as fundamental as mathematics? Or in something as large and distributed as an economy?
In this podcast expect to learn about how agency can be seen in mathematics, about the hidden competencies within mathematics, whether we should be suprised by level of intelligence found in biology, the economy as a cognitive system, and more...
Timestamps:
00:00 - Even Mathematics Has Agency
02:16 - The Role of Choice in Mathematics
05:47 - Hidden Competencies in Mathematics
09:20 - Implications for Biological Systems
34:39 - The Economy as a Collective Intelligence System
44:49 - The Role of the Price System in Collective Intelligence
48:57 - Understanding Self-Interest in Economics
51:40 - The Function of Money in the Economy
55:54 - The Importance of Mainstream Economics
01:00:31 - Closing Remarks
Find Benjamin
-Website: https://benjaminflyons.com
-Agency in Mathematics talk: • Agency at the Very Bottom
-Talk with Michael Levin: • Prices as Cognitive glue by Benjamin Lyons