Re:Elon Musk IAmA Live on Reddit
by zedpm on Monday January 05, 2015 @09:47PM
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He has a great bit of advice[0] regarding learning that sounds simple but is easy to forget:
>One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.
>One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.
[0]http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rgsan/i_am_elon_musk_...