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Re: Learning a new skill by putting in 45 minutes a day for a month

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Post by james_s_tayler » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 2:23 AM UTC

imtringued wrote: post #40

james_s_tayler wrote: post #37

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I used the Kanji Odessy 2001 Anki deck back in the day when you could get your hands on it. It was 2000 sentences with audio ordered such that each sentence followed the n+1 model. Hands down the best resource. It still takes a few hundred hours to get through the pain period.

I think there is a Japanese Core 2000 deck which is of a similar nature.

Yeah. KO was way better tho. Such a shame it's not around anymore.

Re: Learning a new skill by putting in 45 minutes a day for a month

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Post by colechristensen » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 6:45 AM UTC

fidla wrote: post #28

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TED talks are infotainment. Pornography for people whose vice is feeling like they've been inspired and gotten smarter. In short, they ring false. It feels like you're learning something, but the lesson plan was devised by a marketing department for the idea. It feels like the primary motivation is how good of a story can be told, and not the actual truth. "Popular science" in all its forms – sucks. Leading people to…

There are still interesting talks...you have to weed through them though. David Byrne gave a talk about the history of acoustics which I found fascinating.

Absolutely, I'm talking about the collection as a whole, not necessarily every individual talk. The problems though are pretty pervasive and try hard to elicit that "I found fascinating" feeling, but you find more that accuracy and meaningfulness take a back seat to fascination.

Re: Learning a new skill by putting in 45 minutes a day for a month

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Post by jplayer01 » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 11:40 PM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #8

baxtr wrote: post #6

There was a time when I just loved TED talks. That has changed. I am not so sure why. But I think I got the feeling the insights I’m getting are not worth the time spent.

TED talks are infotainment. Pornography for people whose vice is feeling like they've been inspired and gotten smarter. In short, they ring false. It feels like you're learning something, but the lesson plan was devised by a marketing department for the idea. It feels like the primary motivation is how good of a story can be told, and not the actual truth. "Popular science" in all its forms – sucks. Leading people to…

I don't get this sentiment. https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/347104878/transf... What's wrong with something like this? I thought it was an amazing piece. They're all TED speakers with interesting stories to tell. Is it bad to be inspired by these stories now? Are we not allowed to learn from the experiences others have made, or to learn about their struggles, even if maybe we can't necessarily apply them to our own lives? I feel a distinct lack of empathy around here.