How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries

Re:How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries by glaberficken on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:32AM (#24340649)

Learning anything for me always follows this sort of structure (I'm sure someone will tell me there's some well known name for this because it seems so "self obvious").

Step0: Select the simplest achievable task in the domain of the new thing you are trying to learn.

Step1: Gather all the stuff you think you will be needing to accomplish the task (tools, materials, software, instructions, time!, etc).

Step2: Hit a road-block. It can be the lack of an indispensable tool or a lack of knowledge of a particular detail.

Step3: Fix the blocker (fill the knowledge gap about the new detail, buy/borrow the missing tool). If multiple roadblocks: Solve the one that seems most fundamental first; If stuck at blocker: seek help from others, sleep on it, give up (some things are too hard with your present knowledge).

Step4: If task still not completed GOTO Step3; If task completed: Select a new more advanced task and GOTO Step2.

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Re:How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries by fxtentacle on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:43AM (#24341628)

My way of learning is the opposite. I pick a task that is incredibly cool and motivating and surely way out of my skill set. Then I try to find examples by true masters of things that turned out similar. Then I try to imitate what I can from them. In the end, my result is very so-so in comparison with the masters, but I still feel happy about having learned many useful things.

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