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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:51) – Planes and bridges<br />
(12:28) – Writing a computer game from scratch<br />
(14:54) – Programming competitions<br />
(18:28) – Math is hard<br />
(23:59) – Contact tracing that preserves privacy<br />
(1:01:16) – Math Olympiad<br />
(1:16:57) – Hard math problem<br />
(1:24:14) – Is math discovered or invented?<br />
(1:29:09) – Intelligence<br />
(1:35:59) – Math education<br />
(1:40:10) – How to learn math<br />
(1:49:06) – Combinatorics<br />
(1:52:13) – Voting trees<br />
(2:02:36) – Stochastic coalescence<br />
(2:12:23) – P=NP<br />
(2:16:39) – Tolkien and WWII<br />
(2:19:00) – Advice for young people<br />
(2:21:05) – Meaning of life</p>