Paul Frijters - Academia Libera Mentis

The Eddy Network Podcast Episode 243

Time passes in small ways that begin to accumulate into significant historical events. We are in the midst of one of transition points in history. The changes are small, yet important.

The system of education in the West is one of those places where small changes are taking place. My guest on The Eddy Network Podcast, Paul Frijters ( @Paul Frijters ), is leading one of these new ventures in education.

Academia Libera Mentis in Theux, Belgium is a residential education center for young people 18-30. It isn’t a college, but rather a place where a wholistic education can be presented. This image from the program’s website describes the difference.

Our conversation addresses the difference between these two approaches.

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If you know a young person between the ages of 18 and 30, send them our conversation.

Thank you.

Paul Frijters

Visiting Professor of Wellbeing Economics at the London School of Economics

Academic Director - Academia Libera Mentis

Theux, Belgium

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/paul-frijters-a57646117

https://liberamentis.org/

Real Thinking

Tired of superficial lectures, groupthink, and performative education?

At Academia Libera Mentis, we go deeper.

Here, freedom of speech isn’t just a slogan.

It’s a lived practice. We don’t prepare you to conform.

We prepare you to think, to build, and to lead. You’ll develop your own worldview, question what others take for granted, and explore the ideas that actually shape our societies.

You’ll cook and debate with professors, organize your own creative or intellectual projects, and live in a community where aesthetics, movement, and conversation matter just as much as critical analysis.

No safe spaces.

No scripts.

Just Real Thinking Wanna Try?