David Epstein

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582 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles · You Don't Need More Freedom. You Need Better Constraints | David Epstein - EP 818 · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

He didn't have enough space, didn't have enough time.

So he had to start experimenting with groups of elements that he could describe together.

And he started hunting for families.

And that's what led

To the recognition.

that there was this recurring pattern.

You could predict the properties of elements and even predict where there would be elements that we hadn't yet discovered.

And so he was not even looking.

For a groundbreaking idea at that moment, he was looking for a way to organize a textbook for beginners.

And so I actually think the gap between the Mendeley of myth and reality.

Із символік.

Of something important.

Which is that we overvalue the complete freedom of the dr of something like the dreaming brain and undervalue the power of constraints to channel us into productive experimentation.

I think he absolutely challenged the receive wisdom, but I think he got into it.

As I think most breakthroughs do.

With a much smaller problem.

that opened first started as a keyhole and then opened into something that changed the world.

Please do.

I think that sounds extremely wise and

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