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483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
You know the saying: “There are no shortcuts in life.” What if that saying is just wrong? In his new book Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life, the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy argues that shortcuts can be applied to practically anything: music, psychotherapy, even politics. Our latest installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club.
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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