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Ep. 246 - AJ Jacobs: The Puzzler

The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

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I love puzzles teach you to take a problem and turn it all different ways, even literally upside down. I worked at Esquire magazine for a long time; my boss would bring in the Heinz ketchup bottle that has the lid on the bottom. And so literally taking something and turning it upside down can be an example of how good ideas are when they're reversed. That's just one of the many lessons that I'm happy to give others.

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