On Progress

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Rahim Taghizadegan (@scholarium_at) on spiritual stagnation, pioneering spirit, institutions of becoming, nurturing talent, and more. Learn more about scholarium at scholarium.at.   Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app. Follow @journeysjesse on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Read the full transcripts of episodes here: gabel.is/journeys.   Timestamps[00:00:00] Introduction [00:00:58] Fun question [00:01:23] His definition of human progress [00:02:06] Spiritual stagnation [00:07:47] Pioneering spirit [00:11:26] History of institutions of becoming [00:17:24] Value of universities [00:19:39] Value of cities [00:22:57] Building free private cities [00:31:27] Attending university [00:37:11] scholarium [00:44:39] How to inspire & facilitate young people [00:50:04] How to develop one's potential   About Jesse: gabel.is twitter.com/jesse_gabel I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback at [email protected].  

Allison Duettmann (@allisondman) joins me on a journey exploring Existential Hope, Foresight Institute, talent facilitation environments, motivations of charitable funding, and more. Learn more about Foresight Institute at foresight.org.   Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app. Follow @journeysjesse on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Read the full transcripts of episodes here: gabel.is/journeys.   Timestamps[00:00:00] Intro [00:00:58] Her early interest in cryonics [00:02:15] Foresight Institute [00:02:59] Ethics of progress [00:06:51] Existential Hope [00:15:32] Talent facilitation environments [00:23:54] Foresight Fellowships [00:29:14] Motivations of charitable funding [00:32:29] The Longevity Prize [00:35:21] Raising aspirations   About Jesse: gabel.is twitter.com/jesse_gabel I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback at [email protected].  

A brief deliberation on seeking & evaluating change and institutions of progress.   Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app. Follow @journeysjesse on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Read the full transcripts of episodes here: gabel.is/journeys.   Timestamps[00:00:00] Introduction [00:00:58] Seeking change [00:03:37] Evaluating change [00:04:23] Institutions of progress [00:05:20] Outro   About Jesse: gabel.is twitter.com/jesse_gabel I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback at [email protected].  

Nick Linck (@nick_linck) joins me on a journey exploring the future of education. We talk about his pain points in college, skillsets to thrive in an AI-future, The Residency—a new college experience he's building—and more. Learn more about The Residency on Twitter @_TheResidency and at livetheresidency.com.   Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app. Follow @journeysjesse on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Read the full transcripts of episodes here: gabel.is/journeys.   Timestamps[00:00:00] Introduction [00:00:56] Nick's journey [00:04:25] Current state of education [00:08:53] Skillsets to thrive in an AI-future [00:12:20] The Residency [00:14:56] The background story [00:17:17] Typical week [00:21:27] Peer learning & AI tutors [00:23:14] Choosing a direction [00:25:36] Encouraging positive-sum games [00:28:52] Student outcome [00:30:57] Financing debt-free education [00:33:03] Starting a company [00:34:21] Vision for college [00:35:40] Apprentice [00:37:34] Outro   About Jesse: gabel.is twitter.com/jesse_gabel   I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback at [email protected].

Jakob Fricke joins me on the very first journey. We talk about his curiosity about entrepreneurship, starting and shutting down his first business, his side projects, leveraging serendipity, remote vs. in person work, innovation, overcoming obstacles, identifying and nurturing talent, cities he would move to, and more. Find Jakob on Twitter and LinkedIn @jakobfricke. Follow @journeysjesse on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app. Read the full transcript here (https://gabel.is/journeys/jakob-fricke). Timestamps [00:00:43] Introduction [00:01:20] Jakob's curiosity about entrepreneurship [00:02:15] Starting his first business [00:04:03] Shutting down his company [00:04:54] How college prepared Jakob to start his company [00:06:21] Choosing side projects [00:07:43] Projects that didn't make it to market [00:08:33] Timing of taking his projects public [00:09:07] Getting traction [00:10:55] Focusing on the outcome [00:12:12] Leveraging serendipity [00:14:21] Remote vs. in person work [00:16:19] Starting your career or new job remote-only [00:17:30] Why there are so few successful remote-only companies [00:19:24] Misconceptions about innovation at companies [00:20:03] Jakob's definition of innovation [00:21:35] Regulation & innovation [00:23:50] Europe's stance on regulating innovation [00:25:11] How to facilitate innovation in startups [00:26:25] Constraints, goal-setting & pushing towards the edge [00:28:38] Overcoming obstacles [00:30:28] His learnings from stressful times [00:31:19] Consistency, luck & shortcuts [00:32:28] Nurturing talent at Techstars [00:34:08] Identifying talent [00:37:08] Cities he would move to [00:38:12] Technology innovation & talent clusters [00:38:59] Which path he would choose after high school [00:40:25] Co-founders & college [00:41:29] Challenges to creating college-like environments [00:42:47] Essentials for college alternatives [00:43:48] The Great Stagnation [00:45:02] What he's working on I'd appreciate your feedback and thoughts at [email protected].