It is easier to educate a Do-er than to motivate the educated
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#2As a mediocre frontend dev, this hits hard. I bought a bunch of texts to up my DS&A and college level math skills as I'd like to eventually be able to excecute on 3D animation in the browser, but the books end up sitting on my desk as I consider I'm too old/there're too many people who _do_ have these skills already, etc.
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#3That's because the educated don't want to just "do" , they want to be successful at it.
The most ambitious want to be "world class good at it" . Hence nothing gets ever started because it seems like an unsurmountable mountain to climb.
But there is a silver lining. The possibility of exploring social relationships.
With regards to social relationships it doesn't really matter if you are having a party in Beverly Hills or in Des Moines.
It's exactly the same thing.
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#4Interesting coda to the "Curiosity Is Better Than Being Smart?" thread:
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#5> My experience has been that it is easier to educate a Do-er than to motivate the educated
So, if someone wants to do something to give that person tools to achieve it will be productive. If someone does Not want to do something it is very difficult to talk them into doing it.
Makes sense. But I do not know in what context this is discussed our what is the supposed implications.
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#6That's because the educated don't want to just "do" , they want to be successful at it. The most ambitious want to be "world class good at it" . Hence nothing gets ever started because it seems like an unsurmountable mountain to climb. But there is a silver lining. The possibility of exploring social relationships. With regards to social relationships it doesn't really matter if you are having a party in Beverly Hill…
Ooooh yeah. After being in national level sports teams, high-performing bands, I took up swing dancing as a hobby. I was garbage at it. After 5 years I'm approximately mediocre at best. Took me a very long time to come to terms with being not at all talented at something. But it's been a wonderful journey of meeting people, humility and learning how to learn something totally new again. I doubt I'll ever be great, but I have no plans on stopping (global pandemic aside).
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#7It is a lot easier to find an educated person than a person whose motivation lasts long enough to make up for the education though.
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#8That's because the educated don't want to just "do" , they want to be successful at it. The most ambitious want to be "world class good at it" . Hence nothing gets ever started because it seems like an unsurmountable mountain to climb. But there is a silver lining. The possibility of exploring social relationships. With regards to social relationships it doesn't really matter if you are having a party in Beverly Hill…
Those who do are in the top 1% by default, the vast majority don't get that far.
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#9That's because the educated don't want to just "do" , they want to be successful at it. The most ambitious want to be "world class good at it" . Hence nothing gets ever started because it seems like an unsurmountable mountain to climb. But there is a silver lining. The possibility of exploring social relationships. With regards to social relationships it doesn't really matter if you are having a party in Beverly Hill…
> That's because the educated don't want to just "do" , they want to be successful at it.
I've actually observed the opposite. For a non-insignificant number of people, it seems like their university degree is seen primarily as a piece of paper that allows them to demand a high wage while actively avoiding mental or physical exertion.
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#10How’s he doing with the AGI BTW?