Lanny
@lanny-on-bsky.bsky.social
Trying to make sense of the world one social network at a time, secretly think I'm funny, nerd-ish, opinionated, don't know how to shit-post but I try!
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Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory.
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory.
Yes! Exactly this! And when you then truly engage with an idea, it enables you to build mental models that make it easy to learn adjacent ideas, or infact even completely new ideas!
This process forced you to learn in pieces: first, what were you looking for broadly, where the information was contained, then pieces as you flipped through the book looking for the right thing, and finally the information, now contextualized.
February 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Yes! Exactly this! And when you then truly engage with an idea, it enables you to build mental models that make it easy to learn adjacent ideas, or infact even completely new ideas!