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Personally: I'd make a list of all the available resources to learn about that topic -> narrow it down to those that (1) don't assume any prior knowledge where it makes sense (for example, you can't practically learn about ML if you don't know how to program) and (2) provide practice -> Go through each item in the (filtered) list and see which one clicks -> stick to it and practice -> experiment
In other words, find some practical application of the knowledge that you want to develop and keep going until you've delivered the outcome you set out to.
Now good ole R2 takes care of the beep beep boop while I learn via ecstasy mostly ...
NYC is great for ecstasy learning
Your learning method seems dry
Just click here-- I searched for you: "how to learn"
--> https://hn.algolia.com/?q=how+to+learn
You owe me $500 ;) ill PM you my venmo
I also recommend variations on that query, such as:
- "how to teach yourself"
- "how do you teach yourself"
- "systems for learning"
- "learning systems"
- "how to self-study"
etc.
that'll be $2000 ;)
I'd then go back and find any gaps or things that I was unsure of or didn't make any sense and then study those with extra caution. It was a very mentally-intensive exercise but it had proved the most successful study technique thus far in my academics.
1) Something that requires expertise: learn by doing, with help from a respected author. Build on that by picking harder stuff to do. Doing makes memory stick.
2) Things that are mighty interesting: dig in (much easier with the web), make notes until 'enough-for-now' ... then add-to-notes as new resources pop up. Oh, and systematize notes so adding - and finding - is easy.
Check it out OP -- I used that little search box at the bottom of the news.ycombinator.com website-- Just click here-- I searched for you: "how to learn" --> https://hn.algolia.com/?q=how+to+learn You owe me $500 ;) ill PM you my venmo I also recommend variations on that query, such as: - "how to teach yourself" - "how do you teach yourself" - "systems for learning" - "learning systems" - "how to self-study" etc. tha…
1. Lay of the land (read, watch videos, what's there?)
2. Map the territory (Anki, notes, Feynman method)
3. Drill down (where are my gaps in understanding?)
4. Emulate (Watch tutorials then recreate them from memory)
5. Synthesize (build something cool)
Check it out OP -- I used that little search box at the bottom of the news.ycombinator.com website-- Just click here-- I searched for you: "how to learn" --> https://hn.algolia.com/?q=how+to+learn You owe me $500 ;) ill PM you my venmo I also recommend variations on that query, such as: - "how to teach yourself" - "how do you teach yourself" - "systems for learning" - "learning systems" - "how to self-study" etc. tha…
I go to the table of contents and start with the most interesting part. You don't always have to begin on the first page or the easiest one. If I feel bored or forced, I move to the next.
Keep reading different interesting bits. The concepts will naturally link to one another. The more concepts you have linked to a new concept, the easier the new concept is to understand.
Some here say learn by doing, and that's basically the same thing, except that sometimes the easiest to learn bit isn't practical. Knowledge is usually delivered in abstract chunks, with no relation to something else, and having something you plan to do will relate it and make it easier to learn.