What is it like to become fully human? Thirty-five people of all ages, from celebrated to unknown, from the pinnacle of success to the depths of failure recount lives of ecstasy, tragedy, confidence, and despair. Welcome your rites of passage because without them you are unchanged.

I was interested in science but didn't know what it involved. So I went to speak to the best scientist I could find: Eugene Wigner, 1963 Nobel Laureate in quantum physics. He was tremendously excited to hear from me, though he'd never heard from me before. He took me under his wing, and from him I began to learn the usefulness of good advice; 45 years later I appreciate how important good advice is... and it's largely unavailable.

In The Learning Project gives good advice from a full spectrum of elders who have been there, and from just as many "youngers" who are on their way.