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Math, coding, communication.
Nov 27, 2024
Skill development all comes down to building domain-specific chunks in long-term memory. The way you increase your ability to make mental leaps is not actually by jumping farther, but rather, by building bridges that reduce the distance you need to jump.
Nov 26, 2024
I’m using an LLM to learn biology. My overall conclusion is that IF you could learn successfully, long-term, by self-studying textbooks on your own, and the only thing keeping you from learning a new subject is a slight lack of time, THEN you can probably use LLM prompting to speed up that process a bit, which can help you pull the trigger on learning some stuff you previously didn’t have time for. BUT the vast, vast majority of people are going to need a full-fledged learning system. And even for that miniscule portion of people for whom the “IF” applies… whatever the efficiency gain of LLM prompting over standard textbooks, there’s an even bigger efficiency gain of full-fledged learning system over LLM prompting.
Nov 26, 2024
It’s kind of amusing how some (novice) devs will boast/revel at how many lines of code they wrote while simultaneously cramming each line full with as much complexity as they can hold in working memory.
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024
Even if you aren’t a genius, you appear to be one in everyone else’s eyes, and consequently you get a ticket to those opportunities reserved for top students.
Nov 25, 2024
And that’s when you have to muster up the willpower to overcome whatever friction is left over.
Nov 22, 2024
I just want to build a thermodynamic machine that makes people insanely skilled as efficiently as possible.
Nov 22, 2024
Always try your best to recall it from memory. DO NOT default to looking it up.
Nov 21, 2024
The ability to say things that sound smart on the surface without actually knowing what you’re talking about.
Nov 20, 2024
Compare the capabilities of your present self to your past self. That should make the growth obvious.
Nov 19, 2024
At the end of the day all learning is memory.
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Appreciation of mathematical beauty gets held up on too high a pedestal as the “correct” source of motivation in math learning.
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It should look less like them helping you and more like you helping them.
Nov 12, 2024
Nov 12, 2024
Start out with a volume of work that’s small enough that you don’t dread doing it again the next day.
Nov 11, 2024
And the problem with many existing times tables practice systems.
Nov 11, 2024
Myth 1: Understanding amounts to something other than memory. Myth 2: Sudents can perform high-level skills without mastering low-level component skills.
Nov 10, 2024
1) Learn SQL and how to use a debugger. 2) Never come up emptyhanded, even if you don’t fix the bug.
Nov 9, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
Coding tutorials typically just say “import this function then run it,” and the math tutorials typically just say “this is the form of the model, you can fit it using the usual techniques” and leave it to the reader to figure out the rest.
Nov 7, 2024
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Nov 5, 2024
You can be the most committed and capable workhorse on the planet, but if you’re on the wrong team, the only thing you’ll change is your team’s allocation of work.
Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
If you can scaffold the content so well that it creates a smooth, efficient learning experience for knucklehead kids, it’s going to feel even smoother for more conscientious adults.
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Nov 1, 2024
Specific areas of friction that cause students to struggle with math. What needs to be done to remove friction from the learning process. Why friction remains so prevalent.
Nov 1, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
At the end of the day, whether or not they know math comes down to whether or not they can apply techniques within that well-defined body of knowledge to solve problems within that well-defined body of knowledge.
Oct 31, 2024
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Enter grades early on, and (if pre-college) email parents early on.
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Oct 29, 2024
… an infinitely tall ladder where the rungs get spaced further and further apart the higher you climb.
Oct 29, 2024
If you go directly to the most abstract ideas then you’re basically like a kid who reads a book of famous quotes about life and thinks they understand everything about life by way of those quotes.
Oct 29, 2024
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