Dwarkesh Podcast
Scott Young - Ultralearning
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Scott is the author of Ultralearning and famous for the MIT Challenge, where he taught himself MIT's 4 year Computer Science curriculum in 1 year.
I had a blast chatting with Scott Young about aggressive self-directed learning. Scott has some of the best advice out there about learning hard things. It has helped yours truly prepare to interview experts and dig into interesting subjects.
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Buy Scott’s book on Ultralearning: https://amzn.to/3TuPEbf
Timestamps
() - Intro
() - Einstein
() - Age
() - Transfer
() - Compounding
() - Depth vs context
() - MIT challenge
() - Focus
() - Role models
() - Progress studies
() - Early work and ambition
() - Advice for 20 yr old
() - Raising a genius baby?
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