The speaker shares their personal experience of going to university and realizing that the traditional path of getting a degree and starting a business may not be the only way to achieve success. They encourage listeners to consider the costs and benefits of higher education and to question the status quo.
Professor David S. Touretzky shares the story of how he caught students cheating on a computer science assignment and gave them the option to confess and receive a zero, which led to the creation of the now infamous "Online Cheating Morality Test."
The podcast hosts discuss life hacks they wish they knew when they were 18, including using the Pomodoro technique and doing five by five exercises.
The founder of B-School, Marie Forleo, shares her experience of starting her first workshop before she was completely ready, but learning from her failure and trying again.
The speaker shares her experience of failing at a New Year's resolution of preparing for a recital, despite months of hard work and practice.