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#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.7 β€’ 13K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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The following is a conversation with Joe Boller, a mathematics educator at Stanford and

0:04.9

co-founder of uqb.org that seeks to inspire young minds with the beauty of mathematics.

0:12.6

To support this podcast, please check out our sponsors in the description.

0:17.9

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0:21.2

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0:25.5

check out the sponsor links in the description.

0:27.9

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0:30.5

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0:35.2

This show is brought to you by True Bill, a new app that helps you identify and stop paying

0:40.2

for subscriptions you don't need, want, or simply forgot about.

0:44.6

An average people save up to $720 a year with True Bill.

0:48.9

I started using True Bill and it's kind of amazing how many subscriptions I totally forgot

0:53.7

about.

0:54.7

It was both financially and just psychologically and spiritually, it was good to let go of

1:01.7

those subscriptions.

1:03.2

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1:07.9

on the people in my life.

1:09.8

There's something about subscriptions that's just kind of hanging on to the past.

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Getting rid of those subscriptions that I don't use anymore is liberating.

1:20.2

For me, it feels really good.

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Obviously, there's big financial savings.

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We probably don't have time for me to rant on how difficult it is to cancel things, but

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