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Scott Young - Ultralearning, The MIT Challenge

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. Episode website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/scott-young Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3Ayl8Vy Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3CKkHdf Follow me on Twitter to be notified of future content: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Scott's website: https://www.scotthyoung.com/ Buy Ultralearning: https://www.amazon.com/Ultralearning-Master-Outsmart-Competition-Accelerate/dp/006285268X/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Einstein 13:20 Age 18:00 Transfer 24:40 Compounding 34:00 Depth vs context 40:50 MIT challenge 1:00:50 Focus 1:10:00 Role models 1:20:30 Progress studies 1:24:25 Early work and ambition 1:28:18 Advice for 20 yr old 1:35:00 Raising a genius baby?

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Nov 16, 20201h 38mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 24:40 – 34:00

    Compounding

  2. 34:00 – 40:50

    Depth vs context

  3. 40:50 – 1:00:50

    MIT challenge

  4. 1:20:30 – 1:24:25

    Progress studies

  5. 1:24:25 – 1:28:18

    Early work and ambition

  6. 1:28:18 – 1:35:00

    Advice for 20 yr old

  7. 1:35:00 – 1:38:57

    Raising a genius baby?

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