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The more you learn about something, the more there is to learn.
You see what normal people don’t see.
The path gets more and more interesting as you go.
Derek Sivers • How to Live
You can see this everywhere if you look. For example, you’ve probably had the experience of doing something for the first time, maybe growing vegetables or using a Haskell package for the first time, and being frustrated by how many annoying snags there were. Then you got more practice and then you told yourself ‘man, it was so simple all along, I ... See more
johnsalvatier.org • Reality has a surprising amount of detail
Before you’ve noticed important details they are, of course, basically invisible. It’s hard to put your attention on them because you don’t even know what you’re looking for. But after you see them they quickly become so integrated into your intuitive models of the world that they become essentially transparent. Do you remember the insights that we... See more
johnsalvatier.org • Reality has a surprising amount of detail
truly “know” something, it’s not enough to read about it in a book. Ideas are merely thoughts until you put them into action.