@vaidehijoshi
one computer science topic
every week
for one year
(it was a long year )
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sometimes, it was really fun
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but a lot of the time,
it was really hard
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part of a larger problem
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learning new things is hard
extremely
^
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how did other people learn new
things?
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make the best resources
for the most people
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@vaidehijoshi
artist
author
bongo player
lock picker
philosopher
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I mean….
talk about learning new things!
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learn and understand things
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The Great Explainer
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“the best teacher I never had”
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how did he teach himself?
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NOTEBOOK OF THINGS
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT
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“He tried to find the
essential kernels of
each subject.”
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we can learn how to learn
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The Feynman Technique
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four steps
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identifying the
subject
%
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write down everything we know
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explaining it to
& someone who knows
nothing about '
the topic
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plain & simple terms
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when we speak without jargon,
it frees us from hiding behind
knowledge we don’t have.
“
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we understand something just
because we know the words for it
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get to the heart of a concept
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brevity
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identifying any gaps
(
where the actual learning happens!
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organizing & simplifying
into a narrative
)
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simple sentences for storytelling
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all things are made from atoms— little
particles that move around in perpetual
motion, attracting each other when they
are a little distance apart, but repelling
upon being squeezed into one another.”
“
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analogies to make the
abstract more concrete
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glorified, high-class,
very fast but stupid
filing system.
“