The Modern Golden Age Podcast

João Mateus
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Conversations with people that are focused on bringing positive change into the world, aiming at a Modern Golden Age. We'll uncover the new values, beliefs, goals, and behaviors that lead to it.

  1. 02/22/2023

    The Modern Golden Age Podcast #19 - Brandon Goon

    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

    48 min

  2. 01/04/2023

    The Modern Golden Age Podcast #18 - Maria (Made in Cosmos)

    ​​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

    1 hr

  3. 12/19/2022

    The Modern Golden Age Podcast #17 - Jibran

    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

    1h 5m

  4. 11/27/2022

    The Modern Golden Age Podcast #16 - Bryan Kam

    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

    1h 25m

  5. 10/28/2022

    The Modern Golden Age #15 - Austin Scholar

    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

    46 min

  6. 10/08/2022

    The Modern Golden Age #14 - xiq

    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

    56 min

  7. 09/17/2022

    The Modern Golden Age #13 - Étienne Fortier-Dubois

    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/

    59 min

  8. 09/10/2022

    The Modern Golden Age #12 - Eyal Shay

    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/

    1 hr
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