Gradient Proof Podcast
Episode 4 - Part 2

In a podcast, Steven W Sorensen and Roy Peer discuss the potential for a new education system that is more flexible and accessible to everyone. They explore the resistance that such a system would face from those who hold power in the current education system and the need for a new certification system that would allow for recognition of learning outside of traditional institutions. The speakers also discuss the potential for big tech companies to create their own schools and certification programs, and the importance of certification in signaling intelligence and success to potential employers and partners. They also touch on the potential for augmented reality to accelerate the learning process and the importance of education in reducing the disparity between countries. The podcast also discusses the role of education in entrepreneurship and how education systems can better prepare individuals for the challenges of entrepreneurship. The speakers raise important questions about the relationship between education and entrepreneurship and how education systems can encourage risk-taking and non-conformity. Overall, the podcast highlights the need for a more democratized and less reliant on traditional classroom structures education system that can adapt to the changing needs of learners and employers.

In this Episode:
[0:00] Rote Education: Enter the Machine
[2:06] Resistors to Upending Traditional Education
[3:30] Certification of Education
[4:15] A Harvard Education, But With A Diploma or No Diploma
[7:00] Democratization of Education
[9:00] Big Tech in Education
[11:00] The Open Online University
[14:00] Coding Camps: 10% of First Year Income?
[17:00] Michter's Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye Proof
[19:15] How Many Books to Read Until You Are an Expert?
[21:00] AR vs VR in Education (EdTech)
[22:10] Uni Systems Across the World Today
[27:00] Brainchips & Just In Time (JIT) Accelerated Learning
[28:00] High Schoolers in Investment Banking Training
[33:00] Entrepreneurship and The University
[35:15] Risk and Non-Conformity
[38:00] Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Bios
Roy Peer is an architect turned entrepreneur. After working for award-winning architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in New York City, he went on to start a virtual reality company, which later sold to a notable Hollywood director in 2018. Peer is the founder of PeerBasics, a data-driven products company that analyzes e-commerce sales data to drive its product launch decisions in multiple categories with multiple factory partners in Asia. Peer is the author of Simulation Arcade, a sci-fi novel that paints a possible future world when AI and brain chips are commonplace and details the way humanity meets its AI cocoon moment, and how to stop it.

Steven W Sorensen is the director, corporate finance at droppGroup / droppLabs, a web3 video & mixed reality shopatainment marketplace, co-founder of Fotin Media, and a board director of RocketStar, a small satellite launch company, and advisory board member of Stateline, a US made clothing company. Steven calls NYC home, lived in China for 7 years, and has an MA and M.Phil in English from The University of Hong Kong. He likes jazz piano and good whiskey.

Mentions:
Purchase: The Case Against Education https://www.amazon.ca/Case-against-Education-System-Waste/dp/0691174652
Learn more about Bryan Caplan http://www.bcaplan.com/
Referenced sites: Coursera https://www.coursera.org/
Investment Banking Institute https://ibanking.com/
CFA Institute http://cfainstitute.org
Keywords: #Education #AI #Transference #Diploma #Certification #AR #Entrepreneurship #EdTech #Rye

Whiskey:
Michter’s Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye https://michters.com/us1-kentucky-straight-rye/

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Other Projects:
Buy Simulation Arcade in Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QF3YPV4
Simulation Arcade Pre-Release NFT (comes with author-signed copy)
https://opensea.io/collection/author-release
RocketStar - Aerospike Engines & Small Satellite Launch Co.
https://rocketstar.nyc/
RocketStar - Aerospike Engines & Small Satellite Launch Co.
https://rocketstar.nyc/
Fotin Media https://fotinmedia.com/
droppLabs.io https://dropplabs.io/