Meta Political Reflection in Politics

Zak Stein studied philosophy and religion at Hampshire College, and then educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education at Harvard University.

He's published two books -- Social Justice and Educational Measurement and Education in a Time Between Worlds.

He is the co-founder of The Consilience Project, which is dedicated to improving public sensemaking and building a movement to radically upgrade digital media landscapes.

In this episode of MIP, Nate, Ryan and Zak discuss Zak’s definition of “meta-politics” and its contrast with “meta-ideological politics,” ideology and identity, definitions of ideology, Zak’s critique of Hanzi’s metamodernism, stepping back vs jumping into politics, cosmo erotic humanism and Ludford’s critique of it, scaling effective sense making with cultural diversity, the relationship between nuance, propaganda, and effective public sense making (Fauci and vaccines), teacherly authority and Zak's educational philosophy, love in education, the balance of what vs how to think in schools (i.e CRT), and practical means to transform our education system moving forward.