Problems Sighted

Whether you are in primary school, higher education, or one of the many up and coming alternatives, I think it's clear for many that education is filled with problems. We sat down with Austen Allred, CEO of Lambda School, to talk about these problems. Austen highlighted problems in education curriculum, the misalignment of incentives, and what he and his team at Lambda School still need to help education.
Austen highlighted three big problems that people need to work on and fix. From tapping into India's labor market, making immigration easier, and making income verification better in the many areas Lambda school has yet to tap into. These problems are huge for Lambda School and the education space in general. These are the real opportunities and problems that people who want to affect education need to tackle before we can really see a reshaping of the space. Special Guest: Austen Allred.

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100 trillion. One hundred trillion dollars. This is the amount of wealth controlled by institutional investors (pension funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds of the world). They are rife with problems though—from misalignment of incentives to invest in long term projects, to the difficulty in acquiring talent, to the complete lack of tools and technologies that could power and reshape this space.
We sat down with Dr. Ashby Monk, Executive Director of Stanford's Global Projects Center, to discuss these issues and hear how others can contribute to fixing these problems. Special Guest: Ashby Monk.

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When it comes to tangible problems in the world, it's pretty hard for the average person to get to know the ins and outs of them without a connection to the industry. And that's why we are here — to knowledgeably complain; to provide a space to learn, to digest, and to hopefully get you inspired to work on your next project.
Talking with everyone from education CEOs, former ambassadors, investment professionals, government leaders, and more about the why's, the who's, and the what's of problems they've seen in the world. We want our listeners to better understand the problems of today and build a community around fixing them.
So whether you're here to dive deep with us into problems just out of casual interest, or want to leave each episode with a new perspective and inspiration to work on a problem you discovered, tune in each week as we talk to our guests about problems and do some good ol' knowledgeable complaining.

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