How Elon Musk learns faster and better than everyone else

ColinWright wrote: post #3

So many submissions, so little discussion. There are a few comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12389127 Another single comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14140992 And then these commentless submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14200350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14195624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14157877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12433731 T…

I'll start: Reading two books a day is intense, I don't even think I could read a book that fast and I'm in my 20s. This article makes me feel like reading is really undervalued in my generation

Re: How Elon Musk learns faster and better than everyone else

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Post by htima » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 3:08 PM UTC

Shikadi wrote: post #5

ColinWright wrote: post #3

So many submissions, so little discussion. There are a few comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12389127 Another single comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14140992 And then these commentless submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14200350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14195624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14157877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12433731 T…

I'll start: Reading two books a day is intense, I don't even think I could read a book that fast and I'm in my 20s. This article makes me feel like reading is really undervalued in my generation

The two books a day measure is a poor one since it doesn't take into account the content or the substance of the book.Books I read now take a week to ingest since they are so dense. The two books the article quotes seem to be from his child hood

Re: How Elon Musk learns faster and better than everyone else

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Post by jjtheblunt » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 5:27 PM UTC

Shikadi wrote: post #4

ablx wrote: post #2

Stopped reading at "To explain Musk’s success, others have pointed to his heroic work ethic (he regularly works 85-hour weeks)"

Why? That line has barely anything to do with the rest of the article

Implausibility would be a good reason why.

Re: How Elon Musk learns faster and better than everyone else

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Post by HiroshiSan » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 6:54 PM UTC

I'm not really convinced with this articles takeaway of musk. I mean he spent almost a decade studying physics. Each area he has innovated in has deep roots in physics. I personally believe (I have no evidence of this) that in order to be an "expert-generalist" you need to be a master of one.