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Re: Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

#4

Post by sunrunner »

mbeavitt wrote: post #2

You can't tease me with "Algorithm" in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?

It's a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).

Re: Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

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Post by mbeavitt »

sunrunner wrote: post #4
mbeavitt wrote: post #2

You can't tease me with "Algorithm" in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?

It's a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).

Is it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke:

1) Write down the problem.

2) Think real hard.

3) Write down the solution.

This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking.

What's the "universal nike algorithm"? I didn't find anything on google.

Re: Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

#6

Post by _Algernon_ »

mbeavitt wrote: post #5
sunrunner wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).

Is it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke: 1) Write down the problem. 2) Think real hard. 3) Write down the solution. This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking. What's the "universal nike algorithm"? I didn't find anything on google.

I assume it's a play on Nike's tag-line: "Just do it"

Re: Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

#7

Post by mbeavitt »

_Algernon_ wrote: post #6
mbeavitt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke: 1) Write down the problem. 2) Think real hard. 3) Write down the solution. This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking. What's the "universal nike algorithm"? I didn't find anything on google.

I assume it's a play on Nike's tag-line: "Just do it"

Oh, I get it. Missed the joke.

Re: Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)

#8

Post by alexpotato »

An "algorithm" that I used to great effect in business school was the following:

- Most well written books start each paragraph with a thesis statement

- The next couple sentences are usually in support of that thesis statement

- The final sentence of the paragraph is usually the thesis statement again

- Ergo, if you are in a hurry, just read the first sentence of each paragraph.

A friend had to read a book in only 3 hours and was lamenting that she didn't have time to read and I suggested the above.

She came back the next day and said:

"Everyone had only read the first 1/3 of the book but I had 'read' the whole thing and looked like a genius!"

PS I also made it through 3 out of the 4 semesters of business school without buying any of the books/pamphlets etc but that is a story for another time.

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