Interdependent Capitalism

The story we’re telling is simple: as humans have globalized, family values have not scaled well. Not so many lifetimes ago, we lived in kin tribes where our interests were aligned according to the principles of inclusive fitness. Unfortunately, those principles are maladapted to our modern era, as fake news, fake foods, and fake politicians endemic in our society are catalyzed by the low alignment of interests among strangers.

We wrote this book to help the world reimagine new types of social, political, and economic institutions for the global village.  The social contract of the future will be based on the principles of inclusive stakeholding and vested interest in the success of others—attributes that were inherent in the inclusive fitness of our prehistoric social systems.

The time has come for Interdependent Capitalism.

Joon Yun

Dr. Joon Yun is President of Palo Alto Investors LP, a hedge fund founded in 1989. Board certified in radiology, Joon served on the clinical faculty at Stanford. Joon is a trustee of the Salk Institute and was the $2 million founding donor to the National Academy of Medicine Aging and Longevity Grand Challenge. Joon holds a MD from Duke Medical School and a BA from Harvard University. He has been to Burning Man the past 19 years.

Jeremy Yun

Jeremy Yun is Director of Yun Family Foundation. He is also a guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the band WJM. With his band, Jeremy has appeared live in front of millions of viewers on prime time TV shows such as NBC’s Little Big Shots and the European TV show Super Kids. He and his bandmates have performed at rock festivals, the United Nations, Burning Man, YouTube, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Jeremy gave a TEDx talk “The New Social Contract” in 2017 and serves on the board of the Purpose Awards.