483. Whats Wrong With Shortcuts?

Published: Nov. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.

b'You know the saying: \\u201cThere are no shortcuts in life.\\u201d What if that saying is just wrong? In his new book "Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life," the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy argues that shortcuts can be applied to practically anything: music, psychotherapy, even politics. Our latest installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club.'