What Michael Nielsen Thinks About Basically Everything

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

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What's Your Focus Within YC Research?

03:00 • 5min

3

How Do You Get Started Reading Papers?

08:11 • 2min

4

Is There an Opportunity to Hack the System?

10:01 • 2min

5

Freestyle Rap and Spanish - What's the Bottleneck?

12:08 • 2min

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Is There a Bottleneck in Freestyle Rap?

14:35 • 4min

7

How Does Memory Work?

18:56 • 3min

8

How Do You Choose to Become an Expert?

21:40 • 3min

9

How Do You Turn Ideas Into Beautiful Trees?

24:20 • 2min

10

Is Twitter a Garden?

26:34 • 5min

11

How Long Do You Keep Pushing on an Idea?

31:14 • 2min

12

Is There a Decrease in Scientific Progress?

33:32 • 3min

13

What's the Bottleneck for Scientific Innovation?

36:19 • 4min

14

The Long Run Impact of Going to Space

40:41 • 2min

15

How Does the Till Fellowship Change Science?

42:37 • 5min

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Is There a Centralizing Force in Science Grants?

47:13 • 2min

17

Venture Capital for Science?

49:23 • 3min

18

Is There a Role for Patreon or Kickstarter for Science?

52:26 • 5min

19

Is It Just the New York Times Covering Your Work?

57:15 • 2min

20

The Role of the Independent Scientist

59:43 • 2min

21

How to Encourage People to Do Unusual Things

01:02:02 • 4min

22

Is It Possible to Study Group Biographies?

01:05:58 • 3min

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Is There a Slowdown in Science?

01:08:36 • 5min

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Are We Not as Ambitious as We Used to Be?

01:13:39 • 5min

25

Reproducing the Social Sciences?

01:18:41 • 3min

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Is There a Ratchet in Standards in a Field?

01:21:16 • 3min

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The Connection Between Science and Fiction

01:23:56 • 3min