In this episode, I talk with Brandon Goon, an ed-tech entrepreneur, and head of product at Prequel.

We discuss his own journey, the problems with education, and much more.

Timestamps for the episode:

00:45 - Dropping High School

10:47 - "Be anything" and Project-Based Learning

16:02 - Creating change in schools

18:34 - Distribution problem in Education

23:25 - What is Prequel?

32:46 - Having Ambition as a metric

37:40 - Modern Golden Age & Education

41:27 - Practices in a Modern Golden Age

46:32 - Where can you find Brandon?

Follow him here:

https://twitter.com/brandonisagoon

https://joinprequel.com/

Say hi! 👋

https://joaolmateus.com/

https://twitter.com/joaolmateus

​​In this episode, I talk with Maria (Made in Cosmos) a producer at Interintellect and a deep thinker.

We talked about Spirituality, Beauty and traveling in an RV.

Here are the timestamps for the episode:

00:00 ~ Introduction

01:00 ~ 12 Favorite Questions

03:41 ~ Remixed Spirituality

09:08 ~ Why did Western Civilization abandon beauty?

12:27 ~ How does lack of Beauty affect us?

15:10 ~ What does it mean to be Educated?

21:53 ~ Principles to sustain a romantic relationship

24:17 ~ Changes after being a mother

30:15 ~ Traveling with an RV

35:22 ~ Favorite view while traveling

38:13 ~ The most beautiful place and the most beautiful object

40:12 ~ Interintellect

44:50 ~ What's a Modern Golden Age?

54:28 ~ Values in an MGA

58:55 ~ Where can you find Maria?

Here:

https://madeincosmos.substack.com/

Say hi! 👋

https://joaolmateus.com/

https://twitter.com/joaolmateus

In this episode, I talked with my friend Jibran, a writer passionate about meaning and creativity.

He built the Creative Self-Assement and recently (after our conversation), the 100-Day Creative Challenge.

Here are the timestamps for the episode:

00:00 ~ Introduction and Jibran's Name

04:30 ~ How Jibran met his wife

11:20 ~ Principles for a meaningful long-term relationship

15:37 ~ Creativity Self-Assemment

20:05 ~ Patterns in the Assessment

24:40 ~ Life is like Legos

28:00 ~ Our relationship with symbols

33:00 ~ Narrative changes in Jibran's life

39:00 ~ Jibran's "Overthinking" Essay

48:12 ~ What's a Modern Golden Age?

54:00 ~ Principles and Values for an MGA

59:20 ~ Education in a Modern Golden Age

1:03:03 ~ Where can you find Jibran?

Here!

https://twitter.com/AskJibran

https://jibran.substack.com/

Say hi 👋

https://joaolmateus.com/

https://twitter.com/joaolmateus

This week, I show you my conversation with Bryan, a philosopher, writer, and researcher.

He's a very thoughtful individual, with a fascinating mind. We talked about his work, writing, music, and much more.

Timestamps for the episode:

- 00:00 ~ Introduction

- 01:10 ~ Thomas Khun

- 05:55 ~ Bryan's relationship with ideas

- 11:02 ~ Note-taking

- 17:20 ~ Health model of Inquiry

- 20:41 ~ Bryan's current questions

- 26:00 ~ Meditation

- 33:00 ~ Change and Modern Golden Age

- 42:15 ~ Speaking, writing and thinking

- 50:43 ~ Original Sources and influences

- 55:20 ~ Intellectual and creative Humility

- 1:06:03 ~ Classical composers and jazz musicians

- 1:08:30 ~ Types of writing

- 1:10:00 ~ Practices in MGA

- 1:18:00 ~ The kind of person that allows for an MGA

- 1:21:00 ~ Values in a Modern Golden Age

- 1:23:12 ~ Where can you find Bryan?

Follow Bryan:

https://twitter.com/bryankam

https://bryankam.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/2ltRwdSLHp7YpQV2d2S8Oe

Say hi! 👋

https://joaolmateus.com/

https://twitter.com/joaolmateus

This week I talked with Austin Scholar, a high schooler! She hasn't had a teacher since her 4th grade and is building a newsletter helping parents understand their children better, while also providing meaningful tips to alternative models of education!

Time stamps for the episode:

- 00:00 ~ Intro

- 00:47 ~ Not having a teacher since 4th thread

- 05:39 ~ How preparation differs between Alpha School and regular education

- 08:00 ~ Principles of Alpha School

- 09:25 ~ Masterpiece

- 12:01 ~ Austin's masterpiece

- 19:02 ~ Example of other masterpieces

- 21:45 ~ How important is a community for learning?

- 27:41 ~ Why is writing important to her?

- 30:00 ~ Reading and Favorite Books

- 34:37 ~ WWKJD?

- 39:00 ~ Modern Golden Age

- 43:00 ~ Practices for a Modern Golden Age

- 45:00 ~ Where can you find Austin?

Subscribe to her newsletter here:

https://austinscholar.substack.com/

Say hi! 👋

https://joaolmateus.com/

https://twitter.com/joaolmateus

This week I spoked with xiq, a Portuguese thinker from Twitter.

We discussed Magic, the unconscious and Comparative Computational Theology.

I hope you like this episode!

Timestamps:

00:00 ~Introduction

00:34 ~ Face reveal

02:53 ~ The one thread

05:52 ~ Magic

09:58 ~ Problem with Academia

11:45 ~ Comparative Computational Theology

22:00 ~ xiq's spiritual upbringing

25:05 ~ Unconscious as a problem-solving machine

28:53 ~ Bitterness emerging from the lack of tools

31:43 ~ Creating new institutions with friends

37:35 ~ Modern Golden Age

40:24 ~ Helping people understand that we're in an MGA

43:56 ~ Values and Practices in an MGA

53:36 ~ Playing with children

54:49 ~ Where can you find xiq?

Follow xiq:

https://twitter.com/exGenesis

Étienne is the writer of Atlas of Wonders and Monsters, a blog where he explores topics such as science, philosophy, history and, Aesthetics. In this episode, we focused on the concept of Beauty and how it relates to a Modern Golden Age.

Timestamps:

00:00 ~ Intro

01:28 ~ Computer Science and Evolutionary Biology

03:51 ~ Definition of Beauty

06:08 ~ Layers in Beauty

08:45 ~ Interesting, Beautiful, Ugly and Boring

13:45 ~ A Taxonomy of Beauty

33:52 ~ Why Beauty?

38:19 ~ Modern Golden Age

42:39 ~ Progress in a Modern Golden Age

45:54 ~ Leadership in a Modern Golden Age

49:29 ~ What qualities should we look for in a Leader

51:49 ~ Practices to get to a Modern Golden Age

54:45 ~ Values

58:15 ~ Where can you find Étienne?

Here!

https://twitter.com/etiennefd

https://etiennefd.substack.com/

In this episode, I talk with Eyal Shay, a friend, philosopher and podcaster.

We talk about Dialectics, friendship and being a Tour guide in Israel. I hope you like it!

Timestamps for the episode:

00:00 ~ Introduction

00:34 ~ Husband and a Father first

02:07 ~ Eyal's Journey to Tour Guiding

04:46 ~ A day as a Tour Guide

06:16 ~ The Deep Dive Podcast

12:08 ~ Why people prefer hacks over real transformation

15:39 ~ Dialectics

18:53 ~ Why is Dialectics somehow "underground"?

22:24 ~ A blueprint to Dialectics

26:15 ~ Modern Golden Age

30:46 ~ Harmonizing different views

34:22 ~ The Good

42:28 ~ Practices of a Modern Golden Age

46:14 ~ Why is Dialogue important?

49:34 ~ Why is Friendship important?

52:40 ~ Education System

55:36 ~ Answering vs Asking questions

57:58 ~ Where can you find Eyal?

Here:

https://twitter.com/EyalShay2

https://twitter.com/deep_dive_pod

https://eyalshay.podbean.com/

Welcome to the 2nd season of the MGA Podcast!

We kick things off with my conversation with Tasshin Fogleman, an extremely online wandering quasi-monk on indefinite pilgrimage for the benefit of all beings.

We talked about his lifestyle, meditation, love, and the power of conversation!

Timestamps:

00:31 ~ Who is Tasshin?

02:03 ~ His lifestyle

07:22 ~ Relationship with Meditation

15:42 ~ Lessons from living in a Monastery

22:02 ~ How I met Tasshin's work

24:47 ~ The 3 pillars that guide him

26:38 ~ Love

33:16 ~ Curiosity

35:06 ~ Empowerment

38:12 ~ Vows

42:39 ~ A Modern Golden Age

50:33 ~ Magik

53:31 ~ Practices for a Modern Golden Age

1:01:21 ~ Conversations

1:04:19 ~ Where can you find Tasshin?

Here:

https://tasshin.com/

https://twitter.com/tasshinfogleman

https://www.patreon.com/tasshin

Visa is a beacon of talent for the Modern Golden Age, a prolific writer (author of Friendly Ambitious Nerd and Introspect) and a great dude overall.

He's the mind behind the meme that started this podcast, so, it felt natural to have them as a guest in the last episode of the first season.

Timestamps for the episode:

00:00 ~ Intro

01:37 ~ Describe yourself in 1 tweet

03:49 ~ Haunted by the things that could be

10:18 ~ The old lady and the frying pan

13:56 ~ Visa's Thinking

23:23 ~ Dealing with others

33:57 ~ Thinking long-term

42:44 ~ Lessons from music

50:28 ~ Miles Davis and Leadership

1:04:57 ~ Modern Golden Age

1:18:15 ~ Being patient and slow

1:25:39 ~ Good Reply Game

1:37:25 ~ Common values in a Modern Golden Age

1:48:17 ~ Where can you find Visa?

Follow Visa:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/visakanv

Website: http://visakanv.com/

Buy his books: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/