Philosophy of Education with Matt Bateman of Montessorium
A conversation about industrial literacy and the pedagogy of progress, by the folks who commissioned my high-school progress course. Listen on the show page, Apple, or Spotify. (This one was recorded last November but published more recently.)
Interviews: Jim Pethokoukis, Pod of Jake, Montessorium
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A few interviews with me that were published recently (or not super recently, I’m catching up):
Faster, Please! the Podcast with Jim Pethokoukis
Listen on Substack. Topics included:
How I got interested in progress
Why “stuff” is underrated… but also why progress is more than just “stuff”
Do we still not know how progress happens?
Against utopianism
Is risk/safety a blind spot for the progress community?
Is progress a capitalist, democratic philosophy? Are there pro-progress socialists?
If things haven’t gotten better in 10 years, what went wrong?
Pod of Jake
Jake and I talked about:
My early tech career (starting with programming at age 11)
Why I dropped out of high school
Our expansion and CEO search
What intellectual work is needed in progress studies
Scientific vs. romantic environmentalism
The massive impact of electricity on the economy
Recording and transcript on the show page, or listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, etc.
Philosophy of Education with Matt Bateman of Montessorium
A conversation about industrial literacy and the pedagogy of progress, by the folks who commissioned my high-school progress course. Listen on the show page, Apple, or Spotify. (This one was recorded last November but published more recently.)
As always, see all my talks and interviews here.