Scott Young: How to Master Hard Skills and Learn Anything
Scott Young is a writer, programmer, traveler and an avid learner. After Scott heard about Benny Lewis and the way he could become fluent in a language in just 3 months, he became interested in...
Scott Young is a writer, programmer, traveler and an avid learner. After Scott heard about Benny Lewis and the way he could become fluent in a language in just 3 months, he became interested in extreme learning and began exploring it himself. He later went on to study one of MIT’s 4-year computer science degrees, relying solely on external material and without ever going to any MIT lectures. He passed the final exams. Scott joins us for this episode to impart his knowledge on ultra-learning.
Visit Scott’s website at www.ScottHYoung.com
Scott Young is the author of Ultralearning which you can find at most book outlets including Amazon
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Scott Young
Scott Young is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT's four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year. He lives in Vancouver Canada.
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