Scott Young - Ultralearning

<p>Scott is the author of Ultralearning and famous for the MIT Challenge, where he taught himself MIT&apos;s 4 year Computer Science curriculum in 1 year.<br/><br/>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.  </p><p>Watch on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/R5sBycV80c8">YouTube</a>. Listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/11-scott-young-ultralearning/id1516093381?i=1000498880373">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YdCffnQIdl0g6JasrqaZE?si=CW5ylCCTQxS9tox1Awzhdg">Spotify</a>, or any other podcast platform.</p><p><br/>Podcast website <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/scott-young">here</a>.</p><p>Check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scotthyoung.com/Buy">Scott’s website</a>. Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes.</p><p>Buy Scott’s book on Ultralearning: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3TuPEbf">https://amzn.to/3TuPEbf</a></p><p></p><p>Timestamps</p><p>(00:00) - Intro </p><p>(01:00) - Einstein </p><p>(13:20) - Age </p><p>(18:00) - Transfer </p><p>(24:40) - Compounding </p><p>(34:00) - Depth vs context </p><p>(40:50) - MIT challenge </p><p>(1:00:50) - Focus</p><p>(1:10:00) - Role models </p><p>(1:20:30) - Progress studies </p><p>(1:24:25) - Early work and ambition </p><p>(1:28:18) - Advice for 20 yr old </p><p>(1:35:00) - Raising a genius baby?</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a hr