43. What Do We Really Learn From Failure?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 14 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0	Fun and playful and he he he ha ha ha ho ho ho ho ho ho.
0:05.2	I'm Antelope Duckworth.
0:07.2	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:08.2	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:10.7	Today on the show, how do you find value in failure?
0:15.4	It might not work.
0:17.0	It might not be fun.
0:18.0	It might lose a ton of money.
0:19.2	But let's try it.
0:21.1	Also, what is teasing really accomplished?
0:24.4	He would run over to me and say, you're a green fungus and then he would run away.
0:29.5	Stephen, we got an email recently that just took me back down memory lane.
0:35.8	Can I read it to you?
0:37.1	Please do.
0:38.1	Hi, Stephen and Angela.
0:39.6	I believe, but please back check.
0:41.2	I first heard you together on Tell Me Something I Don't Know.
0:44.4	Why did the show end and what did Stephen learn from the experience?
0:47.8	Is it useful to know and to stop many thanks?
0:50.5	Steve and Barry Southwills.
0:52.1	Oh, thanks for that question, Steve.
0:54.7	So you're wrong.
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