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- Moloch Traps: The Prisoner’s Dilemma - From Aa to Zzz
From Aa to Zzz presents - Moloch Traps: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Episode 1
GM and welcome to *Moloch Traps,* a new podcast from the two of us here at *From Aa to Zzz*. I’m ZFi, this Zombie Shepherd, and we are excited to be bringing you this new show in collaboration (again) with BanklessDAO and its Audio/Visual team. To be clear, opinions in this series expressed by either of us are our own opinions and do not reflect the opinions of BanklessDAO at large.
In this series, we would like to study and discuss the first section of the "Meditations on Moloch" essay, written by Scott Alexander from Slate Star Codex. The essay discusses the concept of Moloch as a representation of systems and incentives that lead to sub-optimal outcomes for *both* individuals *and* societies. The essay delves into various examples from history, biology, and economics to illustrate how *competition* often results in collective harm.
Now, for those unfamiliar with Moloch, I can provide this brief introduction. In ancient Canaanite tradition, Moloch was a deity symbolizing child sacrifice. According to the writings, children were offered to what was described as the opened mouth of a horned bronze statue that was heated with fire, from which they could not escape.
Today, Moloch becomes a metaphor for modern society's all-consuming forces, drawing a haunting parallel between historical ritual sacrifices and the metaphorical sacrifices demanded by today's industrialized and capitalist world.
Each episode of this series will discuss these encounters with Moloch. We will begin with a reading from Meditations On Moloch, and follow up with discussion. Listeners, we encourage *you* to share *your* commentary, stories, and perspectives so that we can *collaborate* in our efforts to detect and avoid the many types of Moloch Traps that we find ourselves in each day.
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Show notes:
Meditations on Molch:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
The Prisoner’s Dilemma sources for this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Lo2fgxWHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvAbjfJ0x0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVkXS821ig
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prisoners-dilemma-industry-coopetition-sarah-baldeo-bsc-mba
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