11: Scott Young - Ultralearning

<p>I had a blast chatting with Scott Young about aggressive self-directed learning. 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. 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. &nbsp;</p> <p>Please share if you enjoy! &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow me on Twitter for new episodes and blog posts: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp&nbsp;</p> <p>Scott's website: https://www.scotthyoung.com/Buy&nbsp;</p> <p>Ultralearning: https://www.amazon.com/Ultralearning-Master-Outsmart-Competition-Accelerate/dp/006285268X/&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>00:00 Intro&nbsp;</p> <p>01:00 Einstein&nbsp;</p> <p>13:20 Age&nbsp;</p> <p>18:00 Transfer&nbsp;</p> <p>24:40 Compounding&nbsp;</p> <p>34:00 Depth vs context&nbsp;</p> <p>40:50 MIT challenge&nbsp;</p> <p>1:00:50 Focus</p> <p>1:10:00 Role models&nbsp;</p> <p>1:20:30 Progress studies&nbsp;</p> <p>1:24:25 Early work and ambition&nbsp;</p> <p>1:28:18 Advice for 20 yr old&nbsp;</p> <p>1:35:00 Raising a genius baby?</p>