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.