learn something new every year
…but I don’t have any time!
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you have time
(it’s just not a priority)
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remember tip #1
don’t be tom
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learning takes on different forms
(a history lesson)
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elementary school learning
(circa 1986)
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JAIL
JAIL
JAIL
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high school learning
(circa 1990)
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college learning
(circa 1994)
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finally, the internet was here
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today, the amount of information
grows by 50% a month
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kilobyte (103)
megabyte (106)
gigabyte (109)
terabyte (1012)
petabyte (1015)
exabyte (1018)
zettabyte (1021)
the internet is currently about 500 exabytes
in 2020, it’s estimated to be 35 zettabytes
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it gets worse
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stuff that was current
two years ago
is now out of date
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the stuff you learn as a sophomore
is old news when you graduate
(assuming you take four years)
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you need to keep up
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i don’t read tech books
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i rarely read websites
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those are reference material
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reading != knowing
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Riding A Bicycle 101
1. Sit on the bicycle, facing forward.
2. Pedal clockwise to provide power.
3. Rotate handlebars to turn.
4. Have fun!
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put the poor kid on a bike.
let him practice.
let him fall.
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tip #2
learning comes from mistakes
not memorization
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i lazy load knowledge
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i used to have a system
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Standardized Testing
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Cheat Sheets
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school
memorization
problem solving
real life
memorization
problem solving