How to Be a Beginner, With Journalist Tom Vanderbilt

<p>This week we're learning how to embrace being a beginner again (and why we should) with help from journalist Tom Vanderbilt. Tom is the best-selling author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Tom-Vanderbilt-ebook/dp/B001BAGWQE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3INA5OKKQEBAY&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=traffic+why+we+drive+the+way+we+do+and+what+it+says+about+us&amp;qid=1615174228&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=traffic%3A+why+%2Cdigital-text%2C153&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013ZNK4LS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice</a>, and his latest book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Transformative-Power-Lifelong-Learning-ebook/dp/B082S311FG/ref=pd_sim_3?pd_rd_w=7IbdB&amp;pf_rd_p=5dadc1ab-1aea-4988-b62f-4dbe559e6cca&amp;pf_rd_r=07FA8TXTSDXAXKNXWX9K&amp;pd_rd_r=d158509e-473c-4087-a354-b287c1f50f6f&amp;pd_rd_wg=u5JaM&amp;pd_rd_i=B082S311FG&amp;psc=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning</a>. Listen to hear Tom describe how becoming a beginner again can change your perspective and offer multiple cognitive benefits, as well as tips on how to get over the initial hump of getting started.</p><p>Have an idea for a future episode? Call us at 347-687-8109 and leave a voicemail, or write to us at upgrade@lifehacker.com. We want to hear from you!</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>