Juan David Campolargo is already speaking at TED Talks at the age of 17, only a few years after immigrating to the United States from his home country of Venezuela. His personal mission is to spread optimism among his fellow youth and to share ways to remain optimistic despite the challenges they face. Juan David will highlight in this episode that thinking for yourself is not selfish. Rather it’s an easy and simple way to filter the things that you allow to come into your life.

Listen to Juan David and learn how to think for yourself and create your own future!


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[00:01 - 02:39] Doing Important Work

Let’s get to know Juan David Campolargo
TED Speaker as a 17-year-old
Author
[02:40 - 11:24] Doing Important Work

Introduction and what drives Juan David forward: optimism, ambition, and curiosity
Why write a newsletter
A Richard Hamming essay Juan David reads every week
Prepare to do important work
Learn to explain yourself clearly
"Important problems" are anything you can have control over
Richard Feynman and having 12 favorite problems that you are constantly working on
[11:25 - 15:54] Controlling Your Online Life

Who we give our attention to matters
Having a supercomputer in our pocket
Making your phone work for you
Checking email only two times per day
Try not to be on top of everything
[15:55 - 24:46] Networking

Reserve your network for people you actually like to be with
The book Give and Take by Adam Grant
Making real friends without an agenda
How to tune your phone so it does not suck your time and attention
The trade-off you get when you leave social media
The difference between a job and a business
[24:47 - 36:35] Doing Things That Have Greater Output Than Input

Internships and incubators
Options for summer during the pandemic
Choosing what gets your time during the pandemic
Linear work versus work that has an exponential curve
Risk versus reward ratio
Why parents and friends might influence you away from taking risk
Using the pandemic to follow your passions
The positive aspect of rabbit holes
Knowing what you really want, identifying your values
Your "future self" and Steve Jobs story
[36:36 - 42:20] Curiosity and Objective Truth

The problem with incentives
Finding to get knowledge without agenda
Real engineering YouTube channel
Wendover productions YouTube channel
Agenda
Tuning up your algorithms
[42:21- 49:24] Thinking For Yourself

Filters
Three important questions:
What do I want?
What am I spending my time on?
How do I adapt when new evidence shows up?
Thinking deeply about the world
[49:25- 54:11] Closing Segment

Connect with Juan David
Links below
The movie, “Soul”
Final announcements
Tweetable Quotes:

“It’s almost guaranteed that you’ll be wrong, and that’s why...when new evidence shows up, you should be able to change.” - Juan David Campolargo

“There are more self-inflicted problems than actual problems we couldn’t do much about.” - Juan David Campolargo



Resources Mentioned:

Individuals to follow
Adam Grant
Richard Feyman
Read
Adam Grant’s book: Give and Take
Richard Hamming’s essay: You and Your Research
YouTube accounts to follow
Real Engineering
Wendover Productions


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A Case For More Youth Optimism
Juan David’s blog
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