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Scott H Young | Ultralearning

Scott H Young is a blogger, programmer and author. Learning new things is hard. Learning new things quickly is even harder. So how did Scott manage to complete the entire MIT Computer Science Degree of 4 years in just 12 months? Today we're going to learn about learning as Scott shares with us the approaches and real world examples of how people master hard things quickly from his new book Ultralearning. Extra Stuff: Follow Scott on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ScottHYoung Buy Scott's Book Ultralearning - https://amzn.to/31kiNKi Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Scott H YoungguestChris Williamsonhost
Aug 8, 20191h 17mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 0:58

    Intro

  2. 0:58 – 2:07

    Scotts background

  3. 2:07 – 6:02

    The MIT Challenge

  4. 6:02 – 9:23

    Eric Barone

  5. 9:23 – 16:23

    The status quo

  6. 16:23 – 18:41

    Defining fluency

  7. 18:41 – 21:30

    Language competence

  8. 21:30 – 23:51

    Time commitment

  9. 23:51 – 26:30

    What do you want to learn

  10. 26:30 – 29:30

    Choosing something

  11. 29:30 – 30:43

    Smaller goals

  12. 30:43 – 33:49

    Learning mechanism

  13. 33:49 – 37:44

    Planning vs execution

  14. 37:44 – 49:19

    Mary Somerville

  15. 49:19 – 53:54

    Judgement of Learning

  16. 53:54 – 57:07

    CrossFit analogy

  17. 57:07 – 1:17:38

    Retrieval

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