No shortcuts

In Dan Luu’s 95%-ile isn’t that good, he discusses people who claim they want to get better at a skill (his example is the video game Overwatch), but who regularly make egregious and easily-fixable mistakes. His conclusion is that in any given area of performance, most people can dramatically improve their abilities by addressing fairly obvious iss... See more

Almost everything that holds meaning, weight, and gravity, cannot be reached by a shortcut, by sheer force alone. But by acceptance. Acceptance that what you desire for can survive contact with the world, and will yield meaning. You have to devote the time it takes to inhabit the world, chip away at its interior. No one can break the shell for you!

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Learning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a s... See more