Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-10-03
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Stephen Dubner discussed Mindset by Carol S. Dweck.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mindset
Mindset by Carol S.
Discussed“There was some multi-syllabic, multi-word phrase, and I believe she had to come up with some terminology when she was writing her first, last, only, at least for now, popular book for a lay audience and you know implicit theories of intelligence. And you know incremental versus whatever, these were not going to fly, and so 'growth mindset' ended up”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing It
“And let's see, this is titled It, I can't tell if that's supposed to be It or if it's actually It. It's It, Stephen King!”