The Real Problem with James Prendamano
Oct 9, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 15 segments
In this episode, James and Mike explore what education should actually prepare people for in a world being transformed by artificial intelligence. They discuss self-knowledge, emotional intelligence…
James PrendamanoHostMikeHostJoeGuestWhen talking about education reform, you presented a lot of solutions as to what should get into the curriculum.
So let's say a kid graduates now in 2035.
He went through the curriculum that you're proposing, self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, financial literacy, AI fluency, and say he's around 22 years old.
What can he build that a 22-year-old today can't? Well, the

whole idea is to get centered, to understand what you love, what you're passionate about, what your core values are, things that excite you, things that inspire you.
was just saying,

That's the message, is that when you're inspired and you can unlock those pieces, especially with AI, the ultimate manifestation tool, the ultimate mirror, you can build anything.

So if we continue to have uninspired, disconnected, disgruntled students, that's the way they enter the workforce.

You know, did you know about the studies? I think this was like post-Korean War time around the CIA where they were using universities because a lot of the.

enlisted people were coming back indoctrinated, had signed confessions and had kind of folded under and adopted a communist mindset.

Are you aware of any of this? CIA did all sorts of studies in universities that nobody knew about at the time where they were studying what, what are the things you have to do to make someone submissive? What are the things you have to do to get someone to crack? Maybe when you have some time, do a little homework on that and see what the roadmap is to get someone to be submissive and to accept an external ideology.
way?

If I'm inspired about something, you'll have a much more difficult time moving me off the mark for something that I'm not inspired of.

Right? So if I never learn about myself and I never learn what inspires me and what my passions are and what I really want to accomplish, it's a lot easier to get kind of those, take those little microcognitive steps to move someone toward compliance.
When talking about education reform, you presented a lot of solutions as to what should get into the curriculum.
So let's say a kid graduates now in 2035.
He went through the curriculum that you're proposing, self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, financial literacy, AI fluency, and say he's around 22 years old.
What can he build that a 22-year-old today can't? Well, the

whole idea is to get centered, to understand what you love, what you're passionate about, what your core values are, things that excite you, things that inspire you.
was just saying,

That's the message, is that when you're inspired and you can unlock those pieces, especially with AI, the ultimate manifestation tool, the ultimate mirror, you can build anything.

So if we continue to have uninspired, disconnected, disgruntled students, that's the way they enter the workforce.

You know, did you know about the studies? I think this was like post-Korean War time around the CIA where they were using universities because a lot of the.

enlisted people were coming back indoctrinated, had signed confessions and had kind of folded under and adopted a communist mindset.

Are you aware of any of this? CIA did all sorts of studies in universities that nobody knew about at the time where they were studying what, what are the things you have to do to make someone submissive? What are the things you have to do to get someone to crack? Maybe when you have some time, do a little homework on that and see what the roadmap is to get someone to be submissive and to accept an external ideology.
way?

If I'm inspired about something, you'll have a much more difficult time moving me off the mark for something that I'm not inspired of.

Right? So if I never learn about myself and I never learn what inspires me and what my passions are and what I really want to accomplish, it's a lot easier to get kind of those, take those little microcognitive steps to move someone toward compliance.
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