Zachary Stein (zakstein.org) joins Erik on this episode. He is a writer, educator, and futurist.

They discuss:

- Why he says that all institutions are fundamentally educational institutions.

- The crises that humankind is facing and how to make our way through them.

- The new educational paradigms he foresees.

- What it means to be psychologically sovereign.

- The history of measurement and the fact that prior to a few hundred years ago, no one knew how old they actually were.

- How to resolve the paradox that what matters cannot be measured and yet it is difficult to improve or make progress without measuring.

- Why he says that throughout capitalism there have rarely been true markets.

- His thoughts on globalization and interconnectedness.

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