471: How to Acquire New Skills Faster with Scott H. Young

Scott Young shares innovative methods to learn new skills more efficiently and effectively.

 

You'll Learn:

1. Foundational principles for mastering skills more effectively
2. The importance of “meta-learning”
3. The Feynman Technique and other approaches to accelerate learning

 

About Scott:

Scott is a writer, programmer, traveler and an avid reader of interesting things. For the last ten years he’s been experimenting to find out how to learn and think better. He doesn’t promise he has all the answers, just a place to start.

• Scott’s Book: "Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career"
• Scott’s MIT Challenge
• Scott’s email: [e-mail]
• Scott’s website: ScottHYoung.com

 

Resources mentioned in the show:

• Online Class: MIT OpenCourseWare
• Technique: Feynman Technique
• Study: Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping
• Book: "The Enigma of Reason" by Hugo Mercier

 

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