If you like to ask questions, dive beneath the surface, and learn about fascinating individuals, you’ve found your home. Join Nick Standlea for long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, creators, and other brilliant experts.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
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A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.
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If you like to ask questions, dive beneath the surface, and learn about fascinating individuals, you’ve found your home. Join Nick Standlea for long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, creators, and other brilliant experts.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/
A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.
Are we getting smarter with AI—or just forgetting how to think for ourselves? In this episode, Nick answers your top questions about artificial intelligence, education, and what it means to stay human in an automated world.
Today’s Big Questions:1️⃣ Is AI making us dumber?2️⃣ Will AI replace teachers — or finally make education fair for everyone?3️⃣ What happens when machines outthink us???
Nick breaks down Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 vs System 2 model of the brain, explores how learning actually works (spoiler: through struggle), and explains why AI can be an amplifier — not a crutch — if you learn how to use it as feedback rather than substitution.
He also explores the deeper question: if AI keeps improving, will we?
💡 Ask a question for the next AI Q&A!Drop your question in the comments here on YouTube, on Spotify, or in an Apple Podcasts review, or submit it directly at → https://nickshow.podbean.com
✨ Chapters0:00 Welcome & how to submit questions0:39 Question 1 — Is AI making us dumber?1:40 The truth about friction and learning2:45 Kahneman’s System 1 vs System 2 explained3:35 Struggle: the real source of intelligence4:25 Using AI as a feedback loop, not a crutch5:10 Question 2 — Will AI replace teachers or make education fair?6:20 The emotional intelligence AI can’t simulate6:45 Every “revolutionary” ed-tech promise that failed7:55 The plumber analogy: scaling people, not replacing them8:31 Question 3 — What do we do with all our free time before AI kills us all?9:00 Smarter machines ≠ wiser humans9:20 Lessons from Hoffman, Seth, and Gardner10:30 The real risk: displacement, not doomsday11:20 The Great Depression analogy for automation13:24 How to submit questions + support the show13:34 Outro: Stay curious, ask better questions
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Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious.
The Nick Standlea Show
If you like to ask questions, dive beneath the surface, and learn about fascinating individuals, you’ve found your home. Join Nick Standlea for long-form conversations with authors, entrepreneurs, creators, and other brilliant experts.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/
A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.
