Corporate Unplugged

The Future of Education With A Techno OptimistRaya Bidshahri is a serial entrepreneur, writer, educator, futurist and keynote speaker. She has been described as a techno optimist, a communicator of popular science, and an advocate of curiosity, critical thinking, wonder, and awe. Raya is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Awecademy, a future-focussed educational organization that is disrupting traditional high school curricula and inspiring students to bring about civilization-level change.In this podcast:Why traditional education models, systems and curriculum are outdatedWhy almost all global challenges, man-made ones especially, boil down to human limitationsHow parents can look to challenge the traditional education experienceHow exponential technologies can be used to tackle global and existential challenges facing our worldWho Raya thinks we actually are (from a cosmic perspective)Raya’s passion—the one that she is willing to suffer forWhat the transformational points in Raya’s life have be