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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.
Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.
Podcast website here.
Check out Scott’s website. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.
Buy Scott’s book on Ultralearning: https://amzn.to/3TuPEbf
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?
By Dwarkesh Patel4.6
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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.
Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.
Podcast website here.
Check out Scott’s website. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.
Buy Scott’s book on Ultralearning: https://amzn.to/3TuPEbf
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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