{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/15d93245-fda8-490d-abad-dd6ab62475b6/5817d18d-d597-404c-ba02-4c6001749711?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Future of Education With A Techno Optimist","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ddffe62e74b9f3fe17bbb8/60de0011e7d3a500124b2a7f.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The Future of Education With A Techno Optimist</p><p><br></p><p>Raya 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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>In this podcast:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why traditional education models, systems and curriculum are outdated</li><li>Why almost all global challenges, man-made ones especially, boil down to human limitations</li><li>How parents can look to challenge the traditional education experience</li><li>How exponential technologies can be used to tackle global and existential challenges facing our world</li><li>Who Raya thinks we actually are (from a cosmic perspective)</li><li>Raya’s passion—the one that she is willing to suffer for</li><li>What the transformational points in Raya’s life have been</li><li>Why the future of education takes a more blended, hybrid approach, it isn’t just online and digital</li><li>Why the most challenging part of fundraising is subjectivity</li><li>Raya’s advice to leaders</li><li>What Raya believes the world needs most right now</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.scifestdubai.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SciFest Dubai</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thought-Leader-Formula-Strategically-Expertise-ebook/dp/B07PH3NMZC/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Robin+Farmanfarmaian+-+The+thought+leaders+formula&amp;qid=1565522761&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Farmanfarmaian - The thought leaders formula</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.intelligentoptimism.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Intelligent optimism</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Earth-LIFE-CHANGING-otherworldly-Breakfast/dp/0141039418/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=55885898351&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw-b7qBRDPARIsADVbUbUAL5uHAQn2BJalOKU5zibR__FIY3UX03rw4feQk_kavij043IQ6poaApRWEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=259101169094&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=1007346&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvpos=1t2&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=2967910481435127702&amp;hvtargid=aud-614677023298%3Akwd-324014507674&amp;hydadcr=24432_1748954&amp;keywords=eckhart+tolle+a+new+earth&amp;qid=1565524232&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.rayabidshahri.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.rayabidshahri.com/</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Vesna Lucca"}