About
What I’ve learned about learning
Some lessons and principles that orient and guide me
We teach ourselves — No one really teaches us, they just foster the conditions that help us learn
Mistakes are necessary — Trial-and-error is crucial. In a sense, there are really no errors.
Practice first — We need the concepts, the story that theory provides, but we can’t really internalize them without getting our hands dirty, and seeing the ideas in action. Humans learn by doing, not hearing.
Follow your heart — Difficulty is invisible when you’re deeply engaged and fascinated. If it doesn’t make your heart sing, don’t bother.
Play like a child - Children are master learners. Their magic? Goalless experimentation.
Projects over textbooks - Rare are the individuals that can learn straight from a text. Try for a goal you want to reach, a problem you want to solve, a thing you want to create. You’ll learn what you need to know as you go, it’ll mean something, and it’ll stick.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
Richard Feynman