{"id":2512,"date":"2012-06-24T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2018-04-03T08:23:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:23:29","slug":"tedx-mit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/24\/tedx-mit\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDx &#8211; Can You Get an MIT Education for Less than $2000?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can you get an MIT education for $2,000? |  Scott Young | TEDxEastsidePrep\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piSLobJfZ3c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last month I spoke at TEDxEastsidePrep about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/mit-challenge\/\">MIT Challenge<\/a>. 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