Aporia Education
The humanities + AI:
future-proof flourishing.
A modern education
Traditional education isn't preparing young people for the future. It's not adapting to the rate of technological change.Students need to learn how to use AI, but they also need to learn how think on their own.Many are stuck in black and white thinking. Either the old or the new: handwritten exams or ubiquitous AI.I'm developing the Aporia curriculum to combine the old and the new for a future-proof education. Weekly or biweekly tutoring sessions are based on three tenets: AI, great works of history, philosophy, and literature, and entrepreneurship. Students learn:• How to use AI effectively without diminishing their own thinking and communication
• Think deeply about life's most difficult and important ethical questions
• How to act on their own interests and curiosities to stand out naturallyTutoring today is usually for standardized tests. But good test scores only get students so far.Young people today also need a different type of tutoring—one from a previous historical age.Many of history's greatest thinkers were tutored in history, philosophy, and literature from a young age. In constant dialogue with their tutors, they reflected on difficult and essential questions: What does it mean to live well? What is justice? How should we structure our communities and society? In the Age of AI, we need to embrace the humanities.Technology helps us achieve our goals; the humanities help us decide what those goals should be.Together, they can provide a future-proof education. No matter the changes that technology and the future will bring, students need to be prepared to adapt and live well.For more about my philosophy, I write the Modern Education newsletter on Substack. To schedule an initial meeting, please send me a message here.
Henry James
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and went to Serra High School. I studied history and philosophy at Georgetown University (summa cum laude), before doing a master's in US history at the University of Cambridge. I've also worked in a Venture Capital firm, the US Senate, a government agency, and a software company. I'm now completing a PhD at University College London.