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#65: Elizabeth Ricker on Personalizing Your Creative Process

Sep 21, 2021
Elizabeth Ricker, a neuroscience and education researcher with degrees from MIT and Harvard, dives into the transformative power of personalized neurohacking. She explores the concept of radical individualization, emphasizing that productivity strategies must cater to one's unique needs. Elizabeth shares her journey from academic aspirations to self-experimentation, challenging conventional advice. She highlights the importance of tracking personal data and the surprising efficacy of the placebo effect in boosting learning and creativity.
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ANECDOTE

Horse Obsession Shaped Her Learning

  • Elizabeth Ricker was obsessed with horses as a child and taught herself by reading and visualizing lessons nightly.
  • That early self-driven learning taught her how to learn and motivated later scientific interests.
INSIGHT

Institutions Favor A Mythical Average

  • Institutions often optimize for a mythical average person and leave many people behind.
  • Radical individualization is necessary to create opportunities that let diverse minds thrive.
ANECDOTE

A Horse As Academic Motivation

  • A promise of a horse motivated Elizabeth to dramatically improve her school performance at age 11.
  • Her father's suggestion of MIT and a horse became the turning point for focused study.
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