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#168 Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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If a machine answer every question, the winner is who asked the best.

In a conversation about providing definitions in a vocabulary lesson, the speaker recounts a story of a girl who misread the word 'autonomy' as 'anatomy'. Despite being incorrect, this example illustrates the importance of asking good questions. The speaker emphasizes that in a future where machines can answer anything, the key to success lies in asking the best questions. This applies not only to school but to everything in life. The speaker then poses the question of how to learn to ask better questions.

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