The Modern Golden Age Podcast João Mateus

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