Many students and people suffer from learned helplessness - an ingrained mindset that prevents them from solving problems themselves. In this episode, we'll talk about the science behind it, how it affects your optimism, and how to cure yourself of it.

Full show notes

Things mentioned in this episode:

Learned Helplessness at Wikipedia

My tale from tech support

Dog study

The chimp study... didn't actually happen. This is why I fact-check!

The Art of Loving, by Erich Fromm

Optimism/Pessimism test

Jake Roper of Vsauce3

So you failed a test... now what?

Episode with Matt Ringel

The Corson Technique

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