About this episode

Zak Stein discusses the challenges of educating children for a future shaped by AI and societal changes.

Zak Stein   (Harvard philosopher of education, AI + kids expert) is worried that we are not raising and educating our kids for the kind of wobbly, harsh future they will be inheriting. Zak is a Harvard philosopher of education and co-founder of the Centre for World Philosophy and Religion. He is also the co-founder of the Civilisation Research Institute and the Consilience Project, and the author of Education in a Time Between Worlds. I asked Zak to join me to answer the kinds of questions parents and teachers everywhere are asking. What kind of education matters now? Is it about being keyed into AI or radically rejecting it? What should young people be studying at college/university if entry-level jobs are now being wiped? Should we be pushing success or adaptability onto kids? What should be done with the social media bans? SHOW NOTES Learn more about Zak's work here . Get your copy of Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society If you want more ideas about raising kids amid…all of this…you might enjoy this chat with Anya Kamenetz: AMA: How do I parent in the face of so much existential crisis…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Wilson

Guest: Zak Stein

Topics covered

• education
• AI
• parenting
• future of work
• social media
• adaptability

Keywords

• metacrisis
• education
• AI
• parenting
• future
• social media
• adaptability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard, Centre for World Philosophy and Religion, Civilisation Research Institute, Consilience Project

Books & works: Education in a Time Between Worlds

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