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by George Pólya
Pólya's field manual for problems you've never seen before: understand the problem, devise a plan, carry it out, look back. After that comes a short dictionary of heuristics (work backwards, solve a simpler related problem, draw a figure, use all the data) that applies far beyond geometry. Nearly every later book on problem-solving builds on this one.
March 23, 2026
Dwarkesh interviews Terence Tao on mathematical discovery, the ACX Grants results fund 42 projects, and EconTalk's Tim Ferriss conversation goes unexpectedly deep.
April 13, 2026
Experimental History on overlooked paths to impact, Dario Amodei's five-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, and Ethan Mollick on what just happened in AI.
March 2, 2026
Erik Hoel on why we can't trust AI self-reports, Peter Singer's moral evolution on Philosophize This!, and the Kurzgesagt video that made infinity feel small.
