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How to Be a Double Unicorn, with John Urschel Better in Person

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Sep 16, 202600:32:32Society & Culture

He was thriving in the N.F.L., but then he decided to focus on mathematics — a subject he now teaches at M.I.T. John walks Stephen Dubner through the whole story, teaches him some blocking techniques, and explains why so...

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