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You, But Better

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Is There a Superpower in Ignorance?

Shankar Vedanta: If you don't know how difficult something is, it can sometimes become easier to accomplish. He tells the story of a graduate student who solved two unsolvable problems in class. In his own life, he says, we can use ignorance to help us plan for future success.

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