Recorded  live at SXSW EDU 2026, Jake and Bob sit down with Dr. Tessa Forshaw from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to explore metacognition in an AI-driven world. Tessa unpacks why our brains naturally offload thinking to AI, the power of productive friction, and what it takes to keep our own reasoning sharp. We close the show with simple strategies everyone can apply.

00:00 Cold Open

00:37 Live Show and Intro of Tessa

04:56 Metacognition in the AI Era

12:46 How to Stay Metacognitive with AI

17:26 Think While You Work, Not After

19:40 Productive Friction Explained

23:09 The Current Divide with EdTech

30:00 Practical Moves and Closing

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