Krys Boyd & Adam Gopnik , KERA's Think

How learning a new skill helps you appreciate mastery

14 Apr 2023 • 31 min • EN
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Thousands took up sourdough baking during the pandemic, but how many actually mastered it? New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what it takes to master a skill and to explain why the real benefit comes not in becoming a virtuoso but, rather, in just forcing your brain to try something hard. His book is “The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery.”

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