Writing Slowly
@writingslowly.bsky.social
My name's Richard and I live on Bidjigal land, Sydney. I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters (https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book/). Find me at Writingslowly.com though one day I may speed up.
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I've written a book and here are the details!: https://writingslowly.com/2025/08/03/ive-written-a-book-and.html
There's a fundamental flaw in how we learn about expertise: https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/07/theres-a-fundamental-flaw-in.html
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There's a fundamental flaw in how we learn about expertise: https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/07/theres-a-fundamental-flaw-in.html
📷 From the top of the castle the town seemed to have been poured into its valley, where it flowed gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#Matsumoto #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#Matsumoto #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📷 From the top of the castle the town seemed to have been poured into its valley, where it flowed gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#Matsumoto #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#Matsumoto #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
"💬 “How convincing does the illusion of understanding have to be before you stop calling it an illusion?”"
That’s the question James Somers asks in The New Yorker.
My answer: Fail to see the illusion and you’ll fail to ... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/05/how-convincing-does-the-illusion.html
That’s the question James Somers asks in The New Yorker.
My answer: Fail to see the illusion and you’ll fail to ... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/05/how-convincing-does-the-illusion.html
Jules Verne could have told us AI is not a real person
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"💬 “How convincing does the illusion of understanding have to be before you stop calling it an illusion?”"
That’s the question James Somers asks in The New Yorker.
My answer: Fail to see the illusion and you’ll fail to ... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/05/how-convincing-does-the-illusion.html
That’s the question James Somers asks in The New Yorker.
My answer: Fail to see the illusion and you’ll fail to ... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/05/how-convincing-does-the-illusion.html
To truly learn a language, you don’t need computers, you need human interaction. Time to get serious!
Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language | WIRED
—I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters.
#LanguageLearning #ShuHaRi #WIRED #Polyglot
Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language | WIRED
—I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters.
#LanguageLearning #ShuHaRi #WIRED #Polyglot
Done With Duolingo? Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language
To really speak and understand a new language, you need to interact with humans.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
To truly learn a language, you don’t need computers, you need human interaction. Time to get serious!
Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language | WIRED
—I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters.
#LanguageLearning #ShuHaRi #WIRED #Polyglot
Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language | WIRED
—I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters.
#LanguageLearning #ShuHaRi #WIRED #Polyglot
A clear and accessible introduction to Japanese philosophy, in a podcast with Takeshi Morisato.
Philosophy Bites episode 388
I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.
#Japanf="/hashtag/JapanesePhilosophy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#JapanesePhilosophy #Podcast #ShuHaRi #Japan #Learning #TakeshiMorisato
Philosophy Bites episode 388
I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.
#Japanf="/hashtag/JapanesePhilosophy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#JapanesePhilosophy #Podcast #ShuHaRi #Japan #Learning #TakeshiMorisato
Takeshi Morisato on Japanese Philosophy - Philosophy Bites
Most Western philosophers are deeply ignorant of Japanese philosophy. Takeshi Morisato who was brought up in Japan, and who has studied both continental and analytic Western traditions provides and introduction to some of the key strands in Japanese philosophy.
philosophybites.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A clear and accessible introduction to Japanese philosophy, in a podcast with Takeshi Morisato.
Philosophy Bites episode 388
I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.
#Japanf="/hashtag/JapanesePhilosophy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#JapanesePhilosophy #Podcast #ShuHaRi #Japan #Learning #TakeshiMorisato
Philosophy Bites episode 388
I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.
#Japanf="/hashtag/JapanesePhilosophy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#JapanesePhilosophy #Podcast #ShuHaRi #Japan #Learning #TakeshiMorisato
AI is not helping the learning process
"“When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with exi... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/ai-is-not-helping-the.html
"“When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with exi... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/ai-is-not-helping-the.html
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
AI is not helping the learning process
"“When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with exi... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/ai-is-not-helping-the.html
"“When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with exi... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/ai-is-not-helping-the.html
What’s your most valuable note?
@eleanorkonik@pkm.social asked:
"“Any examples where a tiny note became unexpectedly valuable?”"
Here’s my reply.
"In 2018 I wrote a note describing how I’d like to visit Japan and learn mo... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/whats-your-most-valuable-note.html
@eleanorkonik@pkm.social asked:
"“Any examples where a tiny note became unexpectedly valuable?”"
Here’s my reply.
"In 2018 I wrote a note describing how I’d like to visit Japan and learn mo... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/whats-your-most-valuable-note.html
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What’s your most valuable note?
@eleanorkonik@pkm.social asked:
"“Any examples where a tiny note became unexpectedly valuable?”"
Here’s my reply.
"In 2018 I wrote a note describing how I’d like to visit Japan and learn mo... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/whats-your-most-valuable-note.html
@eleanorkonik@pkm.social asked:
"“Any examples where a tiny note became unexpectedly valuable?”"
Here’s my reply.
"In 2018 I wrote a note describing how I’d like to visit Japan and learn mo... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/03/whats-your-most-valuable-note.html
To truly understand, you must take things apart and build them back up. My cousin did it with cars, I do it with ideas in my #Zettelkasten and I did it with the concept of #ShuHaRi in my book.
Create your own mental models: i... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/to-truly-understand-you-must.html
Create your own mental models: i... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/to-truly-understand-you-must.html
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
To truly understand, you must take things apart and build them back up. My cousin did it with cars, I do it with ideas in my #Zettelkasten and I did it with the concept of #ShuHaRi in my book.
Create your own mental models: i... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/to-truly-understand-you-must.html
Create your own mental models: i... https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/to-truly-understand-you-must.html
Create your own mental models: https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/create-your-own-mental-models.html
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Create your own mental models: https://writingslowly.com/2025/11/02/create-your-own-mental-models.html
"Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
— Terry Pratchett
Nick https://thisness.one/2025/10/30/coming-back-to-where-you.html
— Terry Pratchett
Nick https://thisness.one/2025/10/30/coming-back-to-where-you.html
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
— Terry Pratchett
Nick https://thisness.one/2025/10/30/coming-back-to-where-you.html
— Terry Pratchett
Nick https://thisness.one/2025/10/30/coming-back-to-where-you.html
📷 Outside Matsumoto Castle it was raining gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#MatsumotoCastle #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #MartialArts #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#MatsumotoCastle #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #MartialArts #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
📷 Outside Matsumoto Castle it was raining gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#MatsumotoCastle #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #MartialArts #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#MatsumotoCastle #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #MartialArts #Nonfiction #JapanTravel
🎵 You’ve got to have a dream. #RetroTech #VinylVibes
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🎵 You’ve got to have a dream. #RetroTech #VinylVibes
Provocative words about learning, teaching, AI, and the timely value of history: https://writingslowly.com/2025/10/11/provocative-words-about-learning-teaching.html
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Provocative words about learning, teaching, AI, and the timely value of history: https://writingslowly.com/2025/10/11/provocative-words-about-learning-teaching.html
Publishing means no more hiding: https://writingslowly.com/2025/10/09/publishing-means-no-more-hiding.html
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Publishing means no more hiding: https://writingslowly.com/2025/10/09/publishing-means-no-more-hiding.html
I fell down a rabbit hole writing about Hypercuriosity! 🤯 Inspired by Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s work.
Read how being curious about everything defines my process: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
#Hypercuriosity #Curiosity #ADHD #Writingslowly
Read how being curious about everything defines my process: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
#Hypercuriosity #Curiosity #ADHD #Writingslowly
Curious about Hypercuriosity
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October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I fell down a rabbit hole writing about Hypercuriosity! 🤯 Inspired by Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s work.
Read how being curious about everything defines my process: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
#Hypercuriosity #Curiosity #ADHD #Writingslowly
Read how being curious about everything defines my process: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
#Hypercuriosity #Curiosity #ADHD #Writingslowly
Having written about the need to create your own writing environment, I found this post showing the writing spaces of 12 Booker Prize nominees quite illuminating. Each one seems like a small but mighty theatre stage (HT: kottke.org).
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingTips
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingTips
Make your notes a creative working environment
writingslowly.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Having written about the need to create your own writing environment, I found this post showing the writing spaces of 12 Booker Prize nominees quite illuminating. Each one seems like a small but mighty theatre stage (HT: kottke.org).
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingTips
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingTips
Reposted by Writing Slowly
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
www.press.jhu.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
Curious about Hypercuriosity: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Curious about Hypercuriosity: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/30/curious-about-hypercuriosity.html
Author Craig Mod seems to be following me. I saw his picture in Kyoto Station. Now he’s doing a 200km walk in the Kiso valley, where I walked just a few days ago. Follow his latest pop-up newsletter Between Two Mountains for a unique view of Japan.
#KisoValley #Japan #Walking #Travel #SlowTravel
#KisoValley #Japan #Walking #Travel #SlowTravel
September 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Author Craig Mod seems to be following me. I saw his picture in Kyoto Station. Now he’s doing a 200km walk in the Kiso valley, where I walked just a few days ago. Follow his latest pop-up newsletter Between Two Mountains for a unique view of Japan.
#KisoValley #Japan #Walking #Travel #SlowTravel
#KisoValley #Japan #Walking #Travel #SlowTravel
Western learning aims for ‘completion,’ ‘graduation’ - an end-point. But Shu Ha Ri is cyclical. True mastery means returning to the basics (Shu) with new depth. It’s a lifelong process of refining and understanding anew. Never stop being a beginner.
#LifelongLearning #ShuHaRi #SkillAcquisition
#LifelongLearning #ShuHaRi #SkillAcquisition
September 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Western learning aims for ‘completion,’ ‘graduation’ - an end-point. But Shu Ha Ri is cyclical. True mastery means returning to the basics (Shu) with new depth. It’s a lifelong process of refining and understanding anew. Never stop being a beginner.
#LifelongLearning #ShuHaRi #SkillAcquisition
#LifelongLearning #ShuHaRi #SkillAcquisition
📚Tsundoku emergency temporarily averted.
September 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
📚Tsundoku emergency temporarily averted.
Keeping a diary is a way of living: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/28/keeping-a-diary-is-a.html
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Keeping a diary is a way of living: https://writingslowly.com/2025/09/28/keeping-a-diary-is-a.html
Magpie swooping season has been busy. But on this morning’s bike ride the magpies I saw were busy chasing a noisy mynah. Then just when I thought I’d escaped, I was swooped - by a mob of ebullient rainbow lorikeets, high on their supply of bottlebrush nectar.
#birdlife #bikelife #swoopingseason
#birdlife #bikelife #swoopingseason
September 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Magpie swooping season has been busy. But on this morning’s bike ride the magpies I saw were busy chasing a noisy mynah. Then just when I thought I’d escaped, I was swooped - by a mob of ebullient rainbow lorikeets, high on their supply of bottlebrush nectar.
#birdlife #bikelife #swoopingseason
#birdlife #bikelife #swoopingseason
I’ve been deep into writing about learning and the art of taking notes. That’s why I love it that Steven Johnson keeps returning to the same theme: The Blank Page Revolution. How paper changed the way we think.
#zettelkasten #note-taking #PKM #WritingLife #ThinkingOnPaper #HistoryOfIdeas
#zettelkasten #note-taking #PKM #WritingLife #ThinkingOnPaper #HistoryOfIdeas
The Blank Page Revolution
How paper changed the way we think.
adjacentpossible.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve been deep into writing about learning and the art of taking notes. That’s why I love it that Steven Johnson keeps returning to the same theme: The Blank Page Revolution. How paper changed the way we think.
#zettelkasten #note-taking #PKM #WritingLife #ThinkingOnPaper #HistoryOfIdeas
#zettelkasten #note-taking #PKM #WritingLife #ThinkingOnPaper #HistoryOfIdeas
My uncle and both my grandfathers were dedicated anti-fascists. That’s why I get to be here today, reminding you that they won.
September 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My uncle and both my grandfathers were dedicated anti-fascists. That’s why I get to be here today, reminding you that they won.