Mark is particularly adept at engaging students in the questions that matter in life. While the world has changed significantly in the last 100 years, school has not. Mark welcomes opportunities to help institutions address the important areas of life that often fall outside the traditional academic system.

    • Science of Persuasion

    • Technical vs soft skills (engineers vs hustlers)

    • How to evaluate career paths

    • Personal finance and investing

    • Home ownership vs renting

    • Skill stacks and leverage

    • Credentialing vs reputation and relationships

    • Science of happiness

    • How to make and maintain quality relationships that work

    • The Body: chronic conditions and easy prevention

    • Daily habits and its long term impact

    • Nutrition and exercise for vitality and longevity

    • Appearance and status games

    • Ubiquitous knowledge vs unique creativity

    • Daily habits and its impact in long term career trajectory

    • Focus, Priorities and Via Negativa

    • Formal vs informal and what really matters

    • The guide to mentorship

    • What you know or who you know? Building meaningful relationships

    • Belief in oneself and its impact on overall success

    • What is school for? Happiness or money or other?

    • Human development and the spectrum of maturity

    • Class status, anxiety, stress, and the games you play

    • Evolution and personal growth

    • Inevitable tragedies of being alive and how to move on

    • Lifestyle design in a global gig economy

    • Relative nature of perception and how to use it to your advantage

    • Mental health in today's western world

    • Root causes for suffering and how to avoid it

    • Environments for human flourishing

    • Your archetypes, enneagram, and unique hero's journey

    • Where modern science and ancient wisdom traditions meet

    • Comparative religions: different strokes for different folks with one common ground

    • The science of the non-material

Course Materials:

Mr. Hunter appreciates an unorthodox approach to education and brings real world experience and energy to the classroom. 

Historically, he has catered to a wide range of audiences, from graduate business students at the University of Chicago, to court involved foster youth within the Dept of Juvenile Justice. 

The value of a speaker is intricately linked with the ability to inspire. Mr. Hunter’s goal is to ignite a spark of curiosity, to question the status quo, and explore all possible creative solutions to the problem of life.  

He regularly speaks on the following topics, and because each engagement is unique and custom tailored to the audience, topics are constantly evolving. 

Examples of topics from previous talks:

  • Wealth Creation in Uncertain Times

  • The Science of Happiness

  • Modern Science and Ancient Wisdom

  • Yoga Philosophy at Work in Today’s Global Economy

  • Neuroplasticity, Habit Development, and the Meaning of Life 

  • Highly Leveraged Bets 

  • 10 Ways to Screw Up Your Life

  • Lifestyle Design in the Gig Economy 

  • Creativity and Innovation in the Web3 Economy 

  • Crypto, StartUps, and Venture Capital: Preparing for the Shift in Generational Wealth

  • The Magic of Mycelium 

Mark loves to engage others in conversations about monasticism, mysticism, mycellium, new urbanism, minamalism, startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital, the science of persuasion, alternative education, and death.

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