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Ep 330: Eric Weinstein Won't Toe the Line

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Leveraging Learning Issues as a Superpower

The experience of facing abuse in school due to learning issues led to the realization that such issues are actually a negative externality of a learning superpower. The speaker believes that what is labeled as attention deficit disorder can result in a person being able to stay highly focused on a problem for an extended period. The speaker argues that calling these learning differences 'disabilities' is inaccurate and suggests that they should be seen as unique strengths instead.

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