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Learning

What I've learned about learning, compressed into one page.

Beliefs

  1. Fundamental drive: the joy of learning, maximizing usefulness
  2. Time * intensity of focus = progress
  3. Environment design
  4. Social accountability
  5. Process orientation
  6. Spaced repetition
  7. Imposter syndrome: rational vs irrational stress

Lesser beliefs

  1. Immersion
  2. Deliberate practice
  3. Tree trunk of knowledge
  4. Ladder of apprenticeship
  5. Conversational expertise (vs practical), illusion of competence
  6. Chunking

Anti-beliefs

  1. Purely project-based learning
  2. Learning styles

Techniques

  1. Developing curriculum: two rounds of feedback from mentors
  2. Project sequencing
  3. Eliminate distractions
  4. Only dumb devices near bed
  5. Zooming out first, then diving deep
  6. Interleaving work and learning
  7. Tight feedback loops
  8. 1-6 month curriculum plans

Lesser techniques

  1. Information diet
  2. Textbook stand
  3. Morning Anki tablet
  4. 60 days to install a habit
  5. Asking mentors specific questions & following up
  6. Tutoring
  7. Periodic summarization/compression
  8. Mind mapping
  9. Play

Anti-techniques

  1. Digital hoarding
  2. 1+ year curriculum plans