It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.

Matthew Garcia is a concert musician, but he's an unlikely one.

In his 2022 talk from the Bezos Scholar Salon, he shares how his own obstacle-ridden path

to following his dreams inspired a nationwide effort to open up opportunity for underserved

young people, who also have big dreams.

Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.

Welcome to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick.

I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating

people to explore how they think and what we should all rethink.

Today's episode is on expanding your universe with Nobel Prize winning physicist Saul Pro

Mother.

And that seems like a really great project, because you can find out if the world was coming

to the end in some billions of years, of course.

If you could make that measurement, you could also tell whether the universe was infinite

or not in space.

Find and follow Rethinking with Adam Grant, wherever you're listening.

I'm Alat Nex, son of immigrants from a small Texas border town.

Growing up, I don't have access to classical music, and I've never been to the symphony,

but I always knew that I wanted to play a string instrument.

So in sixth grade, when we got the opportunity to pick our instruments for orchestra class,

I took one look at the viola and said, great, that'll work.

And as I began to play the instrument, I immediately fell in love with it.

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