Your "Distraction" Is Actually Your Biggest Advantage

Subscribe to my Substack: https://davidepstein.substack.com/ Nobel laureates are almost 3x more likely to have serious hobbies outside their field than the average scientist. After years of researching what actually drives breakthroughs — across science, sports, forecasting, and innovation — I found a pattern: the biggest ideas rarely come from going deeper. They come from going wider. In this video, I break down a 5-part strategy for turning your so-called distractions into a genuine creative engine.