Coolest Things I Learned in 2018
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Coolest Things I Learned in 2018
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#2I see that he has “sell shovels to the gold miners” on his list.
https://www.ciscoinvestments.com/eureka-shovels-jeans-iot-go...
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#3> Instead of arbitrarily memorizing things, look for the explanation that makes it obvious.
This is a higher learning method that I’ve always found most natural. I don’t memorize stuff, I try to understand it instead. That said, there is still great value in the classical learning model—if you don’t know the terminology of the subject it’s difficult to reason about that subject.
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#4Old Status Symbols:
Luxury goods
Position of authority
Busy-ness
Endorsed by establishment
New Status Symbols:
Fitness
Position of influence
Flexible schedule
Creative Output
Self-actualization
Independent
--> First time I've read this, but great incite that I've certainly seen as well.
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#5Whenever there is a market fad/phenomena with low or no barriers and a flood of entrants—the best strategy is often: Be the arms dealer.
The lowest profile players in high-profile, low-barrier industries are almost always the most profitable.
Don't sell wine, sell barrels.
Don't make movies, create animation software.
Don't own restaurants, build the restaurant supply company.
I ALWAYS KNEW IT!
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#6> Instead of arbitrarily memorizing things, look for the explanation that makes it obvious. This is a higher learning method that I’ve always found most natural. I don’t memorize stuff, I try to understand it instead. That said, there is still great value in the classical learning model—if you don’t know the terminology of the subject it’s difficult to reason about that subject.
Every time I switch to a new area I try this, and every time it causes me great frustration.
Learning materials arent setup to this, (and possibly brains). You have to learn enough fundamentals (usually via rote) before you can get overarching themes.
At my newest job I am trying to soak in the fundamentals as opposed to rote practicing them before putting any conscious effort at understanding them, but it is too soon to say if it is working. My stress level is dramatically down though.
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#7I really enjoyed:
World GDP animation by country:
- it is insane how near japan got to us even being such a small country
- kudos to china for falling way out of the race to the top and then "out of the blue" reaching #2 at the very end -- shows exponential growth
How camera lenses change the way we look:
- at the first shot with the 20mm or so lens, the guy's nose looks huge and funny compared to the rest of the picture.
- at the biggest lens the overall face looks very well rounded and good looking. insane change!
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#8Bird navigation... wow amazing. It's like they have a natural HUD for navigation.
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#9> Instead of arbitrarily memorizing things, look for the explanation that makes it obvious. This is a higher learning method that I’ve always found most natural. I don’t memorize stuff, I try to understand it instead. That said, there is still great value in the classical learning model—if you don’t know the terminology of the subject it’s difficult to reason about that subject.
Every time I switch to a new area I try this, and every time it causes me great frustration. Learning materials arent setup to this, (and possibly brains). You have to learn enough fundamentals (usually via rote) before you can get overarching themes. At my newest job I am trying to soak in the fundamentals as opposed to rote practicing them before putting any conscious effort at understanding them, but it is too soo…
I think part of this is just highlighting the differences between our language center and the analytic part of our brains. And I also think this differs greatly between individuals (a huge reason why our family home-schools).
For instance, I have never had trouble with things like English grammar and spelling. For grammar, the rules have just always made sense, and, for spelling, usually just seeing the word written down a time or two is enough to remember how to spell it. On the other hand, my 9 year old, who is an even more avid reader than I was at that age, cannot form a grammatically correct sentence or spell even slightly less-than-simple words without referring to a list of rules that she has memorized about how these things are supposed to be done. She's the same in math. She knows she needs to borrow/carry but she hasn't made the leap to understand why (and given her personality, she may never be interested, which is a tough thing to swallow as parents who values learning as much as we do). So the advice in this article would be totally useless to her. Then again, she's a better artist already than I'll ever be.
In the end, I tend to think of this all as healthy. We don't need a thousand thumbs in our body, and we don't need everyone to be interested in understanding lots of things. We need artists, public servants and mothers. We need teachers and garbage truck drivers and child advocates.
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#10Two points:
1) Jeff Bezos' quote on the fridge is the maximum of lame. This is the guy that treats his employees really well and cares about them more than about his personal wealth, right?
2) Avoid boring people. Why? Some people are just boring through no fault of their own. A series of misfortunes brought them into that stage. There are stuff to learn from boring people to and they deserve attention and love like any other.