#038 - Chris Turner on Homeschooling, Learning, Meaningful Work, & Entrepreneurship
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Chris Turner is the founder and CEO of Moonrise, a co-learning space for homeschoolers and creative kids. We talk about the public education system, homeschooling, taking kids seriously, the internet as curriculum, skills for navigating the future, finding meaningful work, education startups, technology and design in learning, and more.
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(00:48) What’s the objective of public education vs. what should it be?
(09:36) Kids are “universal explainers” (13:39) Enjoyable spaces > curriculum (16:43) Learning needs meaningful context & application (21:20) How he gets his daughter to read (26:54) Knowing how to create value; entrepreneurship as a meta skill (33:51) Helping more people find meaning in the work; the importance of uniqueness (41:14) The value & challenges of an in-person education startup (49:37) Public education vs. Moonrise model (55:33) Importance of beauty & design in education (58:28) Tech is a blank canvas (01:06:32) Identify the right actions to live the best possible life
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Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_cturner
Moonrise: https://moonrise.com/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
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