The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Tina Seelig: Why Getting an A Never Taught You to Think

July 23, 2026·40 min
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Stanford professor Tina Seelig discusses how traditional education's obsession with grades and roadmaps kills creativity and curiosity. She shares her failure resume exercise, the dangers of pushing yourself past your limits, and how giving students $5 and two hours produced more innovative thinking than any lecture could. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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