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Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by coderc »

lacunary wrote: post #119
MrScruff wrote: post #101

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I think what the parent post was saying is that there is a finite amount of useful mental function time in any one day, and once you’ve exhausted this any attempted learning will be pretty inefficient. Also some jobs will have a faster burn rate. Doing a workout is separate as it doesn’t draw on the mental energy pool.

is true that if you've done some amount of mental effort in the day, learning becomes "pretty inefficient"? I could see that being true if you're exhausted, but then doing a workout would also be a problem.

I would say that learning draws from the pool of "mental energy", but working out draws from the pool of "physical energy". Just because your brain is tired, it doesn't mean that your biceps are.

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by hackable_sand »

cwiz wrote: post #92

I learned a lot myself, but lately I just can't make it on stable regime because you don't get much positive feedback you you're learning something yourself. There's no grades, no exams and all of your motivation is internal. In that case you need to work on a motivation and goals. Why would you learn something that doesn't pays off then?

You are tending a garden

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by kubb »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #91
frankie_t wrote: post #52

It's a very common thing to blame the lack of time and "finding" the extra time by suggesting to give up phone or some other form of procrastination. But in my experience, time is almost never a problem. It's usually: - energy: learning requires much more than the other "bad" activities like phone - correct psychological state: procrastination is typically triggered as a response to anxiety for me, so any learning I…

(Author of the post) For energy, it both requires and pays dividends. It's a bit like working out in that sense. I think my intended takeaway was that you really don't need to have make the thing you're studying take a lot of time, that daily consistency matters more than pouring hours into practice and obsessing about it. Though in general, I do still think it's the phones and media diet that is the problem with the…

Idk if this is universal but as soon as I’m on vacation I start learning new things, reading, and getting creative.

When I work, my brain is fried from work. On the weekends I need a long period of idleness to recover before I can read a chapter of a novel.

An hour of study every day is unrealistic for me right now.

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Post by sherr »

jrmg wrote: post #76
globalnode wrote: post #30

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that is beautiful, its something i believe as well but never seen it written so eloquenty. when everythings gone to hell and your backed into a corner, learning something interesting is always there for you.

“The Once and Future King” is an odd book. I read it recently - as an adult - and I’m not sure I ‘enjoyed’ reading it. It has a lot of ‘childishness’, especially in the first 2/3, of a kind I’ve never really liked in it. Perhaps the kind _adults_ think kids enjoy. But it’s also full of stuff like this at unexpected moments. Wonder at the world; consideration of others; the burden of leadership. I ended up thinking of…

There's a good article on White and the book in the "Encyclopedia of Fantasy". It made me appreciate that this set of stories is more than just a book for children. I haven't actually read it but the entry for "White, T H" made me bump it up the list of books in my queue.

[1] https://sf-encyclopedia.com/fe/white_t_h

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Post by alfirous »

purpleflashing wrote: post #46
bebe9494i4 wrote: post #9

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Can you share how AI helps here? I am learning a bit of 3D modeling in Blender so I can mod games that I like (just for private use), I do get stuck sometimes on the silliest things and Blender docs don’t help, but neither did LLMs tbf when I tried to troubleshoot issues with them. I wonder how I can make it a bit less tedious.

Curious, what's issues you encounter that LLM or Blender forum can't help? I also still learning Blender though not complex like yours (Product and Architecture), and LLM help me so much, it is save times that I previously will search on forum and YouTube.

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by SoftTalker »

khurs wrote: post #49

The education system is to blame. Kids are conditioned to associate learning with a formal course with a tutor culminating in exams. It's also intentional to segregate skills, if schools taught every child basic plumbing or car mechanics for example instead of spending a month teaching something that won't get used in life, there would be less job in those fields.

So there's a conspiracy between plumbers, mechanics, and public schools to not teach basic handyman skills to the students?

We used to have "shop" (or similarly named) classes for this in junior high/middle school. They have mostly been cut, but more for budgetary reasons. A lot of high schools still have a vocational department for the kids who are not college-bound and not complete wasteoids.

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by dofm »

jschveibinz wrote: post #100

I went back to school in my 50's to learn how to teach. Two of the most important takeaways from that experience were: 1) learning how to learn; and 2) using projects to learn Writing about your experience in learning is also a powerful tool. If you can describe it to your journal (or someone else), you really know it.

What did you study, specifically? This is the life transition I am considering (and at a similar age).

Did you do a teaching degree or equivalent, or something a bit more theoretical/philosophical?

And who do you now teach?

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by dofm »

abc123abc123 wrote: post #38
CalRobert wrote: post #6

"have infants ricocheting around your home like screaming DVD logos, then you may want to put this ambition aside for now and deal with that instead" Even older kids... my 6 year old is jumping on the couch as I type this.. I like remote work but when I had to commute it was really nice to have that downtime built in to the day. I learned a lot of Dutch vocabulary on the train.

Children are not god for peace of mind and a life of liberty. I do not recommend anyone to have children, becaues of how negatively it affects your life, cost of living etc. It is basically just tying yourself down to the wheel of consumption, and in order to jutsify everything, all the struggle, push your hopes and aspirations to the next generation, and then letting them deal with it. If you are rich, you can get a…

I will now never be a parent, but what are you suggesting people preserve their money for if not consumption?

Re: Maybe you should learn something

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Post by MrScruff »

coderc wrote: post #121
lacunary wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is true that if you've done some amount of mental effort in the day, learning becomes "pretty inefficient"? I could see that being true if you're exhausted, but then doing a workout would also be a problem.

I would say that learning draws from the pool of "mental energy", but working out draws from the pool of "physical energy". Just because your brain is tired, it doesn't mean that your biceps are.

Yeah exactly. After a hard day when my brain is frazzled, a workout will actually make me feel better.
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