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Esther Duflo wants you to think like a plumber

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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Is There Anything You've Learned From Being a Plumber?

i think you're the kind of scientist that every social scientist should aspire to be. You've done work that really enriches our fundamental understanding, but also has practic, practical impact on the world. And i'm reminded of a donald stokes book where he talked about paster's quadrant,. Where he said, hook, you know, you don't have to choose between basic and applied research. It's not a single spectrum. They're separate ones, right?You can do pioneering work on germ theory and then also figure out how to pastorize milk. And that's a hell of a career for a scientist. I just think you're an incredible roll model for

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