Learn more about what was discussed in this episode by clicking on the links below:

• Gary’s homepage.
• Unfettered journey
• Dan Dennett
• Eugene Wigner
• Michael's Complexity Podcast interview with David Kinney
• 2019 IPFest World Building panel discussion
• Geoffrey West’s Scale
• Hanson's Age of Em
• SFI Symposium AI and the Barrier of Meaning
• ACtioN Climate Change seminar - Complexity of Sustainability
• Peter Turchin
• Bob May's 1972 paper: "Will a Large Complex System be Stable?"
• Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
• Paul Smaldino's work on covert signaling
• Peter Watt’s Blindsight
• Asimov’s Foundation trilogy