#50 - Samantha Sweetwater - Why Indigenous Wisdom Is Important In The AI Age
#50 - Samantha Sweetwater - Why Indigenous Wisdom Is Important In The AI Age  
Podcast: Win-Win with Liv Boeree
Published On: Wed Dec 17 2025
Description: What if the purpose of life is to find ways of harmonizing the forces of nature, including the nature of ourselves?My guest this week thinks so. I sat down with systems thinker and "True Human" author Samantha Sweetwater to talk about the metacrisis and the future of civilization in the age of AI. Samantha’s work bridges complexity science, indigenous wisdom, embodiment, and systems theory to explore how humans might transition from domination and extraction toward relationship, reciprocity, and long-term resilience.We discuss why modern institutions are struggling to adapt, how technology differs fundamentally from biological systems, and why aligning AI without accounting for the biosphere may be a category error. The conversation also explores kinship versus the hero’s journey, power over life versus the power of life, and what a truly win-win civilization might require.If you’re interested in AI alignment, systems change, ecology, or the deeper roots of the meta-crisis, this conversation offers a radically different lens.Chapters:02:18 – Samantha’s Backstory11:55 – Finite And Infinite Games17:00 – True Human21:55 – Exploring Dreams34:28 – The Great Separation38:51 – Power Of Life vs Power OVER life44:36 – The Balance Between Masculine And Feminine1:05:23 – Observing An Animate World1:14:45 – Achieving Transmigration1:24:28 – Practices To Become More True Human1:42:14 – On AI Alignment1:59:58 – Begin To Embody Intelligence2:06:31 – Why Homo Sapiens Exist To Serve SentienceLinks: ♾️ True Human Book: https: //www.samanthasweetwater.com/truehuman ♾️ Samantha’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthasweetwater ♾️ Samantha's Substack: https://enlifenment.substack.com♾️ Daniel Schmachtenberger x Win-Win: https: //youtu.be/KCSsKV5F4xc?si=lM7urTngFNuJ4oZx ♾️ Silent Spring: https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring Credits:♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree♾️ Produced by Luca de VicoThe Win-Win Podcast:Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, politicians and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose systems into Win-Wins.Podcast links:♾️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWgq0OZMtwtOIyMsVM_vksqdfWcM-b68S♾️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03bGVUaFZmJUmEvSHNDPdI?si=64379cc23696454f ♾️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/win-win-with-liv-boeree/id1724791350 ♾️ Pocketcast: https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/7f708340-d17c-013b-f46e-0acc26574db2 #AI #indigenouswisdom