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Bethany McLean - Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, Frauds, & Visionaries

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Is There a Right Kind of Education for Someone Who Is Thinking About the Big Picture?

There's probably no one, one right answer. But what is the right sort of education for somebody who is thinking about the big picture? I don't know. For me, in the end, my math major has proven to be pivotal. Even my mother dug up these, my parents were moving and so my mother was going through all their stuff. And literally, is it worth the fact that I recognize my own handwriting? The more you've been formally trained in logic, the more you realize when there are pieces missing. When something isn't quite, isn't quite adding up, it just forces you to think in a way that is, that, connects the dots.

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