Arjun Khemani Podcast

Charlie Jungheim (aka Hermes of Reason) makes really cool videos about Critical Rationalism following the works of Karl Popper and David Deutsch. He’s a musician and comedian.

In a fun and wide-ranging conversation, we talk about mixing comedy with intellectual stuff, our lives being transformed by the works of David Deutsch, how meditation links to epistemology, then Mars and more!

TIMESTAMPS

0:45 - Charlie’s INCREDIBLE content around critical rationalism (comedy mixed with intellectual stuff)

6:17 - Most intellectual heroes are dead. Ours isn’t.

11:55 - Deep ideas can take a while to penetrate (plus isn’t “being a Deutschian” ironic?)

18:33 - Things David Deutsch changed Charlie’s mind about (plus “your problem is the biggest problem in the world”)

24:50 - Linking meditation and epistemology, and Mars

38:25 - Barriers to creativity and productive constraints

48:25 - The meaning of life

CHARLIE’S LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hermesofreason

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCrUxqE3ThHrmLYsuM9fLQ

ARJUN’S LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arjunkhemani

Blog: https://arjunkhemani.com

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani

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Michael Strong is the founder of a virtual school called The Socratic Experience, made for children aged 8-19 where they get a personalized and purpose-driven education cultivated to develop their unique genius. He is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States.

In our conversation, we talk about Michael’s vision for education in 20 years, deschooling society, Socratic questioning, the future of education and much more!

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

TIMESTAMPS

0:49 - Michael’s vision for education

5:03 - Ivan Illich’s book Deschooling Society

8:00 - How to eliminate the need for credentialing

11:55 - Adding something to the education system won’t help

14:52 - Non-coercive boundaries for children

17:58- The Socratic method of questioning

27:08 - Gamifying learning

29:32 - Reading + the difference between teaching and learning

34:50 - How to scale alternative education so that it becomes the norm? + closing remarks

MICHAEL’S LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flowidealism

The Socratic Experience: https://socraticexperience.com

ARJUN'S LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arjunkhemani

Blog: https://arjunkhemani.com

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Jason is the founder of The Roots of Progress, where he writes and speaks about the history of technology and the philosophy of progress. Previously, he spent 18 years as a software engineer, engineering manager, and startup founder.

We talk about the need to study progress, tackle the question of whether progress makes humans any happier, optimism and solutionism, and some more.

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:38 - Why we need a new philosophy of progress

3:54 - “Almost nothing about progress is linear…”

9:56 - Why bother making any progress in the first place?

16:18 - Understanding and “obeying” laws of nature

18:01 - Does progress make us happy? Are we on an intergenerational hedonic treadmill?

27:52 - Optimism and solutionism

35:15 - What’s your message for people living a thousand years from now?

JASON’S LINKS:

The Roots of Progress: https://rootsofprogress.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford

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In this episode, I talk to Chris Turner. A tech entrepreneur turned education entrepreneur who founded Moonrise, a co-learning space for kids.

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

We talk about the problem with school, bad explanations around learning, the hard (yet exciting) problem Moonrise is solving, Taking Children Seriously and much more.

This was a very fun and insightful conversation! Hope you find it so to.

TIMESTAMPS

0:30 - How Chris came from the startup world to the alt-education space

8:55 - School does serve a function in society

12:15 - Structure without coercion is good for creativity

17:11 - Moonrise: a co-learning space for kids

24:08 - Why the Internet didn’t really revolutionize the education system

29:41 - Do you learn by immersion?

31:47 - Bad explanations about learning

33:59 - Should we revolutionize the education system or make changes incrementally?

38:55 - Problem of people being “uneducated” and on credentials and proof of work

47:35 - Taking Children Seriously and closing remarks

Chris’ links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_cturner

Moonrise website: https://www.moonrise.com/

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Jay is one of the coolest people I’ve met

1:56 - What’s wrong with the school system and how to escape it

5:48 - Growing up in an entrepreneurial family and dropping out

8:18 - Become more valuable by learning high value skills

10:45 - Voids create value / why Jay wants to change the way education is done

13:20 - Digital Nomad and filming a documentary in the Arctic Circle

21:10 - The most profound thing Jay learned from traveling to 57 countries

24:30 - All morality is localized / every idea is open to criticism

29:31 - How you do one thing is how you do everything

30:20 - What “home” means to a digital nomad / I’m a citizen of the world

39:21 - Next steps for Jay

44:00 - Biggest mentors in Jay’s life + books / closing remarks

In this podcast I speak with Jay Topp.

He’s like one of the coolest people I’ve ever met.

* Jay is 22 years old from the Gold Coast, Australia.

* He’s a Digital Nomad who’s stepped foot in 57 countries. He calls himself a “citizen of the world”.

* He dropped out of school when he was 16 at a time when he started earning more than his teachers while helping his family scale their business.

* His agency, Lion Social helps scale businesses from ideation to seven figures and has had a couple of great success stories.

* He’s an excellent musician.

* He’s been working on a documentary on “Digital Nomads living in the Arctic circle” which releases later this year.

* His mission is to play a meaningful role in the revolution of education.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

* We talk about the flaws in the education system and how Jay escaped it.

* Jay shares the most profound thing he learned upon traveling to 57 countries.

* We explore who digital nomads are and the reasons why Jay is creating a documentary about them situated in a very unique place.

* Jay shares what “home” means to him.

* And much more.

Jay’s links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayt0pp/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzevubxwGHCx7aVbKPTOxjg

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Links

* Aastha Jain

* Live Longer World podcast

* Feynman Kids Program

* Blog post by Aastha: Contra Elon Musk on Lifespan Extension

Timestamps

1:05 - An important question: should we stop aging?

3:27 - What if people don’t change their minds?

5:35 - It’s in human nature to go against nature

7:14 - Contra Elon Musk on Lifespan Extension

15:20 - Greater chance for statism if a generation extends indefinitely?

18:26 - Population and pessimism

25:26 - Doesn’t death give life meaning?

34:56 - The importance of desire and changing our neurochemistry

41:15 - How far we’ve come in the field of longevity

49:40 - “I just want to live long enough until we defeat death”

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This was a very fun conversation with Sarah on the manner in which children are generically raised and why that is not helpful, the importance of Taking Children Seriously and raising a child without coercion, fallibilism, the growth of knowledge, problem-solving, her inspiration for founding Taking Children Seriously and much more.

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Brett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToKTeacher

Brett's blog: https://bretthall.org

Brett's podcast (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58ZD5jCig

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