Elon Musk’s 2 Rules For Learning Anything Faster

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[@charlesbrightman4237]

Here is a thing though: Either at least one species from this Earth survives beyond this Earth, solar system and galaxy, OR none will. Everybody would die and go extinct and life itself would all be ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Knowing what to learn and how to apply it is of utmost importance. (Copy and paste from my files): Consider the following: * There are 3 basic options for life itself, which reduce down to 2, which reduce down to only 1: a. We truly have some sort of actual conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. b. We die trying to truly have some sort of actual conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. c. We die not trying to truly have some sort of actual conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. * 3 reduced down to 2: a. We truly have some sort of actual conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. b. We don't. And note, two out of the three options above, we die. * 2 reduced down to 1: a. We truly have some sort of actual conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. b. We truly don't have any conscious existence throughout all of future eternity. (And note, these two appear to be mutually exclusive. Only one way would be really true.) And then ask yourself the following questions: 1. Ask yourself: How exactly do galaxies form? The current narrative is that matter, via gravity, attracts other matter. The electric universe model also includes universal plasma currents. 2. Ask yourself: How exactly do galaxies become spiral shaped in a cause and effect state of existence? At least one way would be orbital velocity of matter with at least gravity acting upon that matter, would cause a spiral shaped effect. The electric universe model also includes energy input into the galaxy, which spiral towards the galactic center, which then gets thrust out from the center, at about 90 degrees from the input. 3. Ask yourself: What does that mean for a solar system that exists in a spiral shaped galaxy? Most probably that solar system would be getting pulled toward the galactic gravitational center. 4. Ask yourself: What does that mean for species that exist on a planet, that exists in a solar system, that exists in a spiral shaped galaxy, in an apparent cause and effect state of existence? Most probably that if those species don't get off of that planet, and out of that solar system, and probably out of that galaxy too, (if it's even actually possible to do for various reasons), then they are all going to die one day from something and go extinct with probably no conscious entities left from that planet to care that they even ever existed at all in the first place, much less whatever they did and or didn't do with their time of existence. 5. Ask yourself: For those who might make it out of this galaxy, (here again, assuming it could actually be done for various reasons), where to go to next, how long to get there, how to safely land, and then, what's next? Hopefully they didn't land in another spiral shaped galaxy or a galaxy that would become spiral shaped one day, otherwise, they would have to galaxy hop through the universe to stay alive, otherwise, they still die one day from something with no conscious entities being left from the original planet to care they even ever existed at all in the first place, much less that they made it out of their own galaxy. They failed to consciously survive throughout all of future eternity. 6. Ask yourself: What exactly matters throughout all of future eternity and to whom does it exactly and eternally matter to? Either at least one species truly consciously survives throughout all of future eternity somehow, someway, somewhere, in some state of existence, even if only by a continuous succession of ever evolving species, for life itself to have continued meaning and purpose to, OR none do and life itself is all ultimately meaningless in the grandest scheme of things. Our true destiny currently appears to be: 1. We are ALL going to die one day from something. 2. We are ALL going to forget everything we ever knew and experienced. 3. We are ALL going to be forgotten one day in future eternity as if we never ever existed at all in the first place. Currently: Nature is our greatest ally in so far as Nature gives us life and a place to live it, AND Nature is also our greatest enemy that is going to take it all away. (OSICA) * (Note: This includes the rich, powerful, and those who believe in the right to life and the sanctity of human life. God does not actually exist and Nature is not biased other than as Nature. Nature does what Nature does in a cause and effect kind of way. Truth is still truth and reality is still reality, regardless of whatever we believe that reality to be. And denying future reality will not make future reality any less real in a cause and effect state of existence.) ** Hence also though, legalizing suicide (or at least make suicide not illegal) so as to let people leave this life on their own terms if they wish to do so. Many people and species are going to die in the 6th mass extinction event that has already started, at least some, horrible deaths. Many will wish they could die, and all will, eventually. And the 6th mass extinction event will not be the last mass extinction event for this Earth. But if suicide were legal (or at least not illegal), at least some people would not have the added guilt of breaking societies' law before doing so. Just trying to plan ahead here. Giving people an 'out' if they wish to take it. Added Note: As this is a search for the real absolute truth concerning the future, please feel free to copy and paste this elsewhere to further the analysis and discussion.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

(Copy and paste from my files): Consider the following: "KUWA" Knowledge: Know the pertinent facts. Understanding: Understand the pertinent facts. Wisdom: Correctly connect two or more pertinent facts together. Application: Apply wisdom. And there is a 'KUWA' for every topic in existence, including a KUWA of KUWA. And connecting two or more KUWA topics together can allow one to reach higher levels of KUWA. BUT, if one is missing even only 1 pertinent fact and/or not correctly understands even only 1 pertinent fact and/or not correctly connects 2 or more pertinent facts together, dangerous and even deadly conclusions could occur, and often do. Hopefully we don't die and we learn from our mistakes so as to gain more KUWA. And if one does not have absolute truth reality, (absolute truth being defined as the 100% correct and 100% complete set of facts, that no human has, nor is even physically capable of having, [all the more reason why we should all work together for the common good]), so as to accurately deal with reality, then one would most probably not deal with reality correctly. Learn to be sincere honest truth seekers, and your brain will become 'hardwired' for truth. You will even be better able to trust your inner instincts that way and it will be easier to spot lies and inconsistencies with what the media and other sources tell you and the public.

[@d-granter5126]

the world we live in evolved around librarys which are outdated by about 100 years and as a result we lack inovation the world needs public innovation centers, picture an Ai cafe and replica shuttle in multiplex full of random projects with 3d printers and all sorts of hobbie crafts with machine learning and prjectors casting global collaboration on waste efficency and inviremental solutions and so on,, by all means take this on as your next concept of what if and what could it look like

[@pereraddison932]

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[@charlesbrightman4237]

@@pereraddison932 "God Bless Everyone, Bless Everything, Always, Amen... " Then you probably won't like these deep thoughts from my files: (Note: I also have a Theory Of Everything idea and the potential completion of the Periodic Table of the Elements, as well as other items.) GOD DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST EXCEPT FOR AS A CONCEPT: For those who claim God actually exists (besides as a concept), consider the following: a. An actual eternally existent absolute somethingness truly existing. b. An actual eternally existent absolute somethingness that has consciousness, memories and thoughts truly existing. People who claim God actually and eternally exists basically are claiming that 'b' above is correct but yet simultaneously seem to be saying that 'a' is impossible to occur. 'a' above can exist without 'b' existing but 'b' cannot exist unless 'a' exists. Even per the scientific principal of Occam's razor, 'a' is more probable of being really true rather than 'b'. I am one step away from proving God's existence, but am unable to find any actual evidence to do so. And nobody I've talked to seems to have any actual evidence of God's actual existence either. All humans appear to have are 'Theories of God'. Some humans appear to go their whole life basing their life upon their specific theory of God. They even at times kill other humans based upon their own theories. Many give their God human characteristics and cannot even prove the existence of their God much less the characteristics given to their God. Some have circumstantial arguments for a God's existence, but others have circumstantial arguments for no God existing. Not one has any actual factual evidence that their God actually factually even exists. Hence, at this time in the analysis, God does not actually exist except for as a concept created by humans for humans. Humans have personified Nature and called that personification "God". It appears many of them are delusional and are believing in fairy tales as if those fairy tales were really true. Instead of what is claimed "God creating man in God's image", it's more likely that "Man created God in Man's image". Further consider that if the emotional parts of the brain override the logic and reasoning parts of the brain, people can be made to believe basically anything at all as being really true. Plus modern science has already proven that humans can have visual and audio hallucinations that are very real to that individual. All the more reason for critical thinking being needed and to follow the facts wherever those facts might lead. In addition, while modern science does not know what consciousness actually is yet, memories and thoughts appear to require a physical correctly functioning brain to have those items occur. Where is God's brain? Where are God's memories stored at? How are God's memories stored and retrieved? How does God think even a single coherent thought? If inside of this space time dimension we appear are existing in, then where? If outside of this space time dimension we appear are existing in, then where is the interface between that dimension and this dimension? No such interface has been discovered as of yet as far as I am currently aware of. * Note: Since this is a search for the real absolute truth concerning God, Intelligent Designer, Pre-existent Consciousness, etc, feel free to copy and paste this elsewhere to further the analysis and discussion.

[@invalid5777]

in short: - learn the basics - connect knowledge with something

[@thommyavv8905]

Im gonna include the roots as well. Roots - why you would wan't to learn the subject in the first place Trunk - the basics/foundation Branches - what you can do with what the trunk teaches you Leaves - Details You can’t remember what you can’t connect: Connect the trees

[@powertone1874]

@@thommyavv8905 Wooow it´s a very good form to see the things. Thanks.

[@shadowmistress999]

Mindmaps in macro view… YES

[@GamingRealRacing3]

i love you mannnnn

[@mariajones8304]

Everyone knows that and this is not as easy as you say it is…

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

"Concrete example" for those who still don't understand first principles: math. Learn to add 1+1 and suddenly you know a lot more math than you think. If you can add you can subtract. If you can do that you can multiply and divide. If you can do that you can use exponents and multi-step equation solving. Everything you learn in math builds a foundation for more complex math. If you are one of those people who thinks you're "not good" at math ita not your fault its your teachers faults. They taught you to memorize formulas instead of UNDERSTAND numbers. If you understand number relationships there is no math you cannot solve or easily learn to solve.

[@cx24venezuela]

Learn math, learn logics. Learn sets theory

[@Dj0enderman3000]

Well I was never really bad at maths but I think it would be pretty unfair to blame the badness of puipils and students in maths onto the teacher. It can be the teachers fault but it doesn´t have to. Sometimes different people need different explaining methods but other times the puipils and students miss important parts of their education by beeing distracted and not listening which is only human but only later on they realize that they somehow don´t know why they don´t understand anything in maths.

[@jorgecarreno5617]

100% correct, I am a teacher and I struggle to get other teachers to understand that math is as sequential as reading.

[@SvSGaming]

@@Dj0enderman3000 Lol blaming the student not the teacher? Every kid has the capability to learn math, some just take different methods of teaching them the concepts, and if teachers can’t conform to that they shouldn’t be teaching. To be fair though they are not paid enough to contemplate every decision they make with teaching.

[@Dj0enderman3000]

@@SvSGaming did you even read? I did not say that the teacher is never to blame... But some kids don´t want to attend school at all missing out important training. I am in form believe that maths is not about learning rules by memory but by exercise every little step and if puipils and students won´t do any homework and worse not even listening to what the teacher tries to explain nor exercising maths what so ever then the teacher won´t have enough time for teaching all the stuff in one year of learning with only 5 hours a week. I have witnessed a lot of boys and girls in my age complaining about things they never learned in maths but at the same time having absolutely no interest in learning maths and therefore not listening but rather chatting while having class... And don´t come with the "Well the class wasn´t IntErEstInG enough!" not everything ist interesting and you can not make everything interesting.

[@michelleh4224]

this learning style is literally the only way i can fully understand anything…my heart sank for a moment while watching this video because i’ve always felt odd for wanting to fully understand how things work right down to the basic details!

[@colekander]

I feel the same way as you. Ever since I was a kid I was always asking how things worked but never got the answers unless I did my own research. This is still true to this day. Thank goodness for the internet. I think our way of wanting to know more is just like Elon Musk but we just didn't know it. Good to know we were not stupid and are in the same company. Never stop learning.

[@wflzoom6219]

@@colekander I learn the same way, it's so much easier to remember how to do something, when you understand why you need to do them, and that "why" is dependent on fully understanding the system as a whole. this also leads to critical thinking, once you understand the whole system, one can understand how other actions or lack thereof will change an outcome down the line. when I teach others, I often come off as not getting to the point, I want the "student" to understand >why< we need to turn that knob, or press that button, what it's function is and how it fits into the bigger picture. the problem is, that many people do not care, they do not wish to learn anything more, not everyone is curious or wishes to know the system, they are content turning that knob, when the light turns green, and they don't care about the what or why, as long as they get their pay check.

[@zillobeast5257]

I see it everyday everyone around me just tries to learn the bare minimum of everything just so they dont look stupid when they have to regurgitate it to there peers, none of them are curious about anything and they want to conform to what is perceived as normal so badly and that is there only motivation and they arent even aware of it

[@wflzoom6219]

@Srijita Acharjee When on is curious about a subject, it's best to start with the basic overall understanding, and if it is something that can be applied in your life, then you get into more details, for example, I knew absolutely nothing about ISO 9001, so started just looking at the framework of how all clauses work together, then I go into each fragment of the clauses, and figure how they would apply to my business, but within that clause there are many other processes, that could apply, like FMEA, that one could then focus on that one aspect in even more detail. in other words, you go as far down the path that suits you, but even if you decide to "specialize" in FMEA, you will know how and why it is used within the overall system that you have a basic understanding of.

[@innergi5516]

That makes 76 of us super geniuses. Welcome to the club.

[@ajmercado4128]

when i try to learn something, i try to imagine being in a room teaching a class of people. if i can explain to them an abstract/technical concept in a non-technical way that they could understand, that means im on the right track. and then i replay and refine this over and over again.

[@chrisloedition]

Interesting I’m going to try that.

[@amalksuresh2538]

It's called Feynman method

[@tiktalix3820]

Yes, The Feynman technique, I also implement it

[@cantubloodaxe768]

That's really good!

[@seemamulla2196]

Good idea..gonna try this.🙏🙏

[@jonathonrhodes3053]

I have ADHD and I find reading extremely difficult, but with this newly acquired knowledge I feel this is a right step in achieving my mission of making the world a better place. Thank you for the insightful video. Great work!

[@nwaneri0]

Not sure if you're still in the same position, but I recommend you approach knowledge acquisition the following way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKOshJKIhq-gebc. The title is somewhat catchy, but the content presented can be genuinely helpful.

[@Voltaic314]

Most successful scientists understand this thought process of learning that everything is connected. You can't learn about chemistry without learning a bit of math, or biology, or physics, etc. You cant learn about psychology without understanding a little bit of neuroscience, biology, biochemistry, medical science, etc. Everything is connected in some way or another, you must be able to take knowledge from many many many different fields and combine them. Because what you will find as you keep pushing forward with knowledge is that no matter how different all these different fields are from one another, they are all very similar. Sure you can never know everything, not even about one specific field. But by learning just 20% of the knowledge of a specific field, you can solve 80% of the remaining problems. That's what Elon Musk knows that so many other great scientists knew as well. It's always better to know a lot about a lot of different fields than it is only to know a lot about one specific field and then nothing else. Because then you truly don't know enough about that one field if that's the only thing you know.

[@sajishtbhaskaran7691]

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[@sookyounglee5943]

👍🙏

[@boamahkojoopoku1807]

the ability to know you have learnt 20% is daunting. Knowing when to stop and move onto another field can be harder than it seems.

[@pukestain1498]

@@boamahkojoopoku1807 surely it’s hard to accurately measure how much information is there to be learned in a specific field

[@sarahk.connects8692]

Having a solid foundation definitely puts the "little things" into perspective

[@johnmaloney1681]

Interesting tree metaphors but this video could really benefit from concrete examples.

[@luisff7030]

The examples are at everywhere. If you don't know how the body use the food, you will have a hard time figure out why the diet is not working. A person can only use a new physics that he/she discovered, if she/he can see the places where to use it. And that person must know some knowledge about those places to see the fit for that new discover.

[@luisff7030]

Also important is how you treat your body. To learn faster take +900mg of omega3, more important is the DHL if the omega, vitamin D. Other nutrients are also important to get a good sleep. If you need to not be unhappy, or have problems in mind. And if you like what you are doing, you could be tired of working or long hours of learning, but not fed up or unhappy. So doing something that you like at the same time you learn a great away to learn in a long term. If you don't like, you will stop.

[@reggieangus5325]

just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to seem intelligent trying to analyze musk.

[@luisff7030]

@@reggieangus5325 Albert Einstein discovered the relation between energy and mass, E=mc². With this he could see that all the matter has an energy that could be released, but not how to release it. From other areas of knowledge, he and other scientists knew something about the physics of the subatomic particles, they could see a possibility to release that mass. Is then by knowing more about it, studying and testing that the scientists discovered a new method to release that energy and a new invention.

[@reggieangus5325]

@@luisff7030 I wasn't talking to you, I was talking about this video

[@Nisfornarwhal1990]

I feel like this video was entirely metaphor or hyperbole. I would've appreciated some practical examples of what you mean instead of it all just being figurative

[@galfisk]

If you want to design a gearbox, learn how gears work before you learn how gearboxes work (and torque and bearings and lubrication and whatnot). When you then later learn about actual gearboxes, you'll understand why things inside are made the way they are, instead of just memorizing them. The best thing about having a good mental model of something, is that you can imagine the thing, make imaginary changes to it, and be reasonably sure about how those changes will play out. Then you check and refine your imagined result (and your mental model) with calculations, simulations and prototypes.

[@farzandfz1481]

You need to take a step back and looking at everything from a wider lens, maybe at a scale through which you can visualise human evolution of at least history and answer questions like where did we come from, where are we now and where are we heading to? And then with that understanding you can figure out verticals which you can work on profoundly impacting all of us on evolutionary scale.

[@ChiefQueef_]

it's called theory

[@UNcommonSenseAUS]

good, you arent a fool. see my post above for why.

[@TheAllenwalkermahsir]

Really what it means is that you need to understand the material you're learning, not score a 100 on a test by cramming or regurgitating information. I saw that firsthand when I doing engineering in college 10 years ago. I have encountered many people who weren't able to connect the dots between different subjects (courses) in their field of study.

[@julianmrtns1819]

When even KZbin is worried about your grades

[@maceawilder]

The application of the tree analogy is knowing your fundamentals. To know how to do anything effectively, start from the basics and learn those well. Ex. Artist - learn anatomy. Guitarist - learn scales and music theory.

[@glaex1526]

But sometimes we don't know which one is fundamental or specific topics. We ended up having scattered information. Only when we study them back and forth, multiple times, we finally able to connect the dots between fundamental and specific.

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

This sounds like attention-deficit style of learning. The point of first principles is to start at the beginning so if you are learning one topic and it brings up a concept you dont understand, then you haven't started at the beginning. The easiest way to find the "beginning" or base of the tree trunk is to Google "X for complete beginners" and dont move on until you can teach a lecture about the basics

[@cheyk766]

@@xxmeanyheadxx I can see how that would be ideal with learning things, however it's not always realistic. Think about how you learned things as a child. Constantly being introduced to new things that children rarely understand at first (language for example) but as time goes on, abstract and vague concepts (like hearing mom say a big word you've never heard before) can become concrete (hearing that word again in a different context that helps you understand the meaning). Basically, surrounding yourself in a learning environment allows you to organically build a web of neurons that grow as you become more familiar with the topic. It also helps with flexibility for learning other topics.

[@salaheddineghanem8160]

But this is it , my one personal way of viewing learning is that there are not such thing like easy or hard material each material has it own price whish time you must spend on it in ordre to learn it

[@Jay-xh9dl]

When you apply this to solving problems in real time and learning as you go as opposed to strictly learning fundamentals before diving in (as Musk has frequently advised is best), both the fundamental knowledge and master level techniques are learned in not a rigidly defined linear way but definitely a "systematic" way without a scholastic structure necessary. However, Jordan Peterson has beautifully articulated that institutions provide the atmosphere to cultivate "discipline" and should be utilized as such. That also implies, however, that one could (perhaps with more effort) apply the same discipline elsewhere as the only rigidness that needs to be applied in regards to "curriculum" is one's discipline in the act of developing the skill set. No matter which way you tackle it, you will systematically improve so long as you aim for a degree of pragmatism (confront weaknesses and inadequacies head on) or even simply to "be the best" at what you do. It depends on the field and desired skill, but for most part one should "learn the rules before you break them" and that can be done for the majority of skillsets in just a matter weeks or a few months. Mastery of course takes much longer but that's where discipline comes in. Listen to David Goggins and get comfortable "doing what you don't feel like doing!"

[@khalidh3091]

You are absolutely right this is what I personally call bottom up learning. You can also learn a lot with examples, going from particular cases to general understanding of a domain. I work as a software engineer and this is basically how I learn every language or new software. You just begin by testing and understanding small examples and then try to connect the hole thing.

[@kierenmoore3236]

You took the metaphor a bit too far, imho

[@faisalalkhedhrawi7311]

Exactly .

[@aminofuel2801]

Agree, This can be summarized in two sentences

[@hardlogic3046]

A bit? it made the metaphor the main subject. Absolute trash.

[@richardberends7792]

@@hardlogic3046 Maybe you didn't get the metaphor?

[@hardlogic3046]

@@richardberends7792 I did. Doesn't change that it was overly verbose ego-wanking even if I hadn't, but thanks for your very sincere concern.

[@spinnettdesigns]

Classic “NT” thinking. An overview is essential. Then connect the dots. Don’t be married to things you like (that no longer works) Learn and connect. It’s the story of my life. No learning is wasted, when connected to each other. It’s so much more effective, dynamic, fulfilling and fun. It’s the way we were created

[@TheAGODAMI]

🎯 *aLL tRuTh is paRaLLeL.!!!* 🔑

[@kondojunagaraju8899]

"2 components of learning" *Step:1 Understanding* *Step:2 Remembering* *Understanding+Remember= Good learning whatever you want leaning*

[@eugeneleroux1842]

This presentation is based on the principles of System Thinking, which is so powerful because there are systems everywhere. Sometimes people don't even recognize the system patterns.

[@stotostooo]

This is exactly my way of learning, I need to study the basics of the subject in order to be able to correctly understand and remember anything specific about it. Takes a while, but it's worth it in the long run.

[@gladysma308]

material - 2:50 rule #1 essential central vs peripheral 4:27 #2 connection of knowledge 5:37 ie build the trunk first then intiredly connect

[@gaonetawana7001]

Guys this is really important, it is more of a MINDFRAME, organising information within your head, to improve capacity of reach. We live in a society of too much information so is great to know where everything is for easy access. This is a 'How To Thinnk' Not 'What ToThink' Think and Grow Rich also talks about same concept, Organised Knowledge, read also 48 Laws of Power, read 3 Circle Theory

[@apcrash]

This is the same process as learning music and musical instruments. Build your foundation first.

[@enbuscando]

how to understand what is included in this foundation?

[@c.s.hayden3022]

Always always get to the bottom of things first. It’s amazing how many people won’t do that but still try to comment on and attack things. There’s no constructive discourse because people don’t know how to invest in concepts.

[@antonypadilla5599]

that's how I've been learning for the last 6 years. Not a surprise elons sucess. Yeah... I have spent 18 hours reading during 2 weeks in row. Lot of books, and learnt to play musical instruments and singing. I ve dedicated 6 years to become artist and I already enjoy creating art. Yesterday started to learn java to code for AI. New goal.

[@Old.Man.Of.The.Mountain]

I see it like this: 1) You learn new areas of interest the same way you would learn a subject through formal courses in school. That is, understand and do the basics exceptionally well first.. then tackle more complex topics. Example: Get to know basic arithmetic intimately first before attempting Trigonometry, then Algebra and then finally Calculus. Because each one builds on top of the other. This is a huge ask in terms of time and effort and won't work if you are wayward in your focus, habits and ability to say No. 2) Keep your memory sharp and be open to new experiences. .. and you will develop all these frames of references that build up over your lifetime. There is opportunity in there somewhere. And the more you think about how you can connect your knowledge of whatever level of Math you are proficient in to a potential opportunity, the higher are your changes of actually seeing it happen. In time, you get very efficient at doing these connections and harnessing them. This in turn generates more connections and opportunities.. and you will do it innately and effortlessly.

[@sp00g37]

this is why I could never stand math classes. it felt like periphery stuff. im gonna forget the formula when I go to bed, teach me how to derive it so I actually understand it

[@Maheep_Infinity]

if u r reading this, congrats u r at THE RIGHT PLACE ! SHEER AWESOMENESS ...

[@faisalalkhedhrawi7311]

the secret behind the musk phenomena is interestingly simple , i think his strongest asset is his bravery to take a new idea and grow it to the maximum ,most of us has this ability but we tend to buried it alive in its infancy because of laziness , cawrdness or just not believing enough it can work .

[@rodschmidt8952]

See: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce at waitbutwhy.com

[@sieugiatri6740]

Nắm vững những điều cơ bản, gốc cây Đảm bảo bạn đang xây dựng một cây kiến thức Bạn không thể nhớ những gì bạn không thể liên tưởng Xây dựng thân cây trước sau đó tạo nên các kết nối

[@CaseyVan]

This is how music works. I mean literally, the music is composed so people can remember it. One can almost say that music is entirely invented in order to remember things. If this is true then the key to songwriting is making your music memorable, and have something that needs to be remembered. The former the most people know about, but the latter is something that we don't really think about. Also since music is written to be memorized it's good to understand how that works when learning pieces of music. I used to try to read music. I read a book written by a piano teacher. The piano teacher observed that his students would reach a plateau in the speed that they can sight read music, or they would always make mistakes in difficult passages because they couldn't read that much information. He started to teach music theory, and the students made huge strides in both reading speed and the expression of the performance. The musicians could quickly understand sheet music by understanding the theory behind it. Then along with that, the musicians understand what the original composer intended. This enabled musicians to move to the next level in both sight-reading, and performance. One of the keys to understanding music is the tree-like structure of how notes relate to the tonic note (the note that is the key that you are in), and the chord structures. You have a basis for what you remember.

[@unapologeticskeptic4739]

It is called First Principals and anyone who has studied Engineering or Physics at a school worth their weight was taught this day one. Reduce everything to its most basic, undivisable, components and understand each and how they interact.

[@Timeshifter32]

I completely understand this style. Ive always been one to get hung up in minute details if i dont feel i have a good grasp on the basics.

[@nongp1090]

Ima try and summarize it… So first concept is to understand the basics and the main idea of it before going deeper. So for instance, we’re learning about cells we’ve got to understand the basic concepts and how the cell works and how all the organelles work and connect together, something like an overview. Then we gotta remember all the sub details such as the names and the special functions of the organelles. Second concept from the video in my view is to learn something and apply it in other topics. Such as using math formulas or properties to simplify a physics problem Third and last concept is saying something like “practice makes perfect” so it’s like you learn from your experience and the next time you do something you could do it faster. For example, in maths if you practice often you would be familiar with the types of questions, numbers, formulas related etc. thus leading to doing questions each time faster. So this video says something like if you have learned many subjects/topic and excelled in them, learning the next subject /topic will become easy which makes you a fast learner

[@billderinbaja3883]

I'd love a video that applies this metaphor to a real subject of learning... anything. Demonstrate the process to understand everything about kayaking... or playing blues guitar... or ultra light hiking... something discrete and concrete.

[@flabbybum9562]

Clear and distinct. Many thanks.

[@miralew7627]

Can't agree more! Without connections learning is baseless and knowledge becomes just a piece of data, with no value. Working on core and trunk is the only way to move upwards on the ladder of learning. This piece of advice is something I would like to remember lifelong.

[@elliesart_]

When you introspect and look to what your heart is saying, where your core is guiding you, suddenly all that energy put into distraction and fitting in disperses. All we really need is to be connected with ourselves, then we form the connection to others, to our ideas, and our achievements.

[@bernardogarcia8607]

My question is what should be the main root of knowledge to focus on that allow for more branche.

[@Scottlp2]

For example if you have a textbook on a topic, the chapter titles are closer to the tree branches than the details of any paragraph on any page

[@dbyrd7827]

Consider "syntopic" studying as described in "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler. Please don't be fooled by the simplistic title. The book is humbling and teaches how to read from a undergraduate/graduate/post doctoral mindset. Mind maps and nonlinear notes are recommended. The study method suggests five books per topic as a minimum. Generate 1 mind map per book, then 1 mind map for all 5 books summed together, then 1 mind map for deltas (diffs) between the books, and your personal questions to answer using another five books. Then 1 mind map that sums your ongoing holistic knowledge of the subject matter. The info above is to provide context in answering your original question. The answer depends on which level of mind map you are creating (intro, overview, detail, summary, topic-master, life-master, etc). My personal collection is over 300 mind maps. Every map is your personal guide. Only you can answer the question, but here is a start. What is your primary objective? I'll pick one as an example. A play generally has 3 parts (Act 1, 2, 3). Human history as taught 20 yrs ago BC (10,000 yrs, AD 10,000 yrs, Next 10,000 yrs). How could i or this planet's inhabitants insure 30,000 yrs of sustained evolution? Said differently, How can humanity finish at least one 3 act play (at 10K annu per act)? The primary questions are typically a trunk. Deal breakers are typically a branch. Mass extinction is a branch on the 30K annu evolution map. Science is a branch. Physics is branch of Science, etc. I know this doesn't answer your question, but I hope it helps you understand that you are the master of your learning. You choose. If you find your choice can be improved, adjust it. Right and wrong are temporal concepts. When your thinking or perspectives include orders of magnitude you'll notice that contexts define what is relevant. An example is using the limited continuum of right or wrong. Which choice is "wrong" on a scale of geologic time? What about cosmic time? When you are forced to make a binary choice, consider 5-10 ways to make it non binary. This kind of choosing will break personal and collective paradigms. Be you, play. Make more than one map. Maintain both. A natural choice will arise within your experience.

[@patricksturgill9441]

Pretty much all knowledge leads back to Philosophy.

[@michaels.125]

this is one of the most underated videos on KZbin...

[@DS-ys7pk]

This video is basically to learn how to learn. Good job

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

It's literally exactly what it is :)

[@WayneStakem]

I have ADHD so I always start with the big picture. High level abstraction and gain a lot of unique insights comes naturally but the details are the difficult part. I've always noticed students growing up just mindlessly rote learning and although they did better with the details they lacked true understanding too. I see the usefulness in both. Unfortunately, public education tends to push rote learning and regurgitating knowledge like mindless zombies above all else. It's important to form high level abstraction. There's a lot of intellectually stimulating associations to be made and it helps with creativity.

[@janglangmalatang7475]

Yep . Good idea to homeschool yourself any age . Any time any place . Self taught. = experience. Hands 🙌🏻 ON ‘. Motion moves . Like a baby first walks . Imagine the mind . Of achievement. Exciting. New . Trick your Mind . Change ways . Travel to see . Try things. Adhd ahh some times state of mind . Almost anything you can shake it off . I did my sea sick pregnancy. In my mind . So yep . Life a funny thing. 💡

[@vladomontezuma626]

I find it really difficult to learn something alone or in large group of people. To learn in pairs or when 3 of us learning together is so nice...

[@green_beard]

so true, 2 to 3 people it always makes people be bit competitive, but not showing off. Also, is you you and another, so nobody really will judge you for ur mistakes, lol

[@vamsikrishna4338]

Thanks buddy, till now I'm following planting trees.... But I saw slow progress and shifted to leaves method...... Now ur explanation corrected it

[@TheArtofImprovement]

That's great to hear Vamsi, keep it up!

[@ShepherdsHook]

Basically. He understands "Teaching and learning are not opposites. " Also "Use it or lose it. "

[@BrookeLyn39]

I tried to explain this when learning at Con Edison. They always wanted to program you with information that had no connection to anything. When I told them I need a map or tree. They acted as if I was crazy.

[@Sergio_Loureiro]

😮

[@markstevenson4030]

Connecting the roots of different trees would have been a better metaphor than connection branches ;)

[@foyo5497]

So much this!

[@bntagkas]

to learn is to abstract and generalize information, learn something, then make it more abstract but still true, then generalize it and apply it on many new areas.

[@insighttoinciteworksllc1005]

The patterns of knowledge and thinking via inquiry method. I spend 35 years teaching the system and made a lot of enemies because of their fragmented teaching style. I call the first one the analysis of the whole moving toward different levels of detail.

[@AudioRevelation144Hz]

The Tree of Knowledge, Sacred Knowledge Tree of Life if anything comes from Divine Inspiration and Divine Connection you will skyrocket your learning 💯

[@Alousra]

Forget memory, how do I have overwhelming confidence like this guy

[@thejuanlam]

This video is great, but as everyone else has mentioned, it lacks concrete application. For 'Rule 1' I suppose you can create a map of a certain field of knowledge and focus on central nodes. As for 'Rule 2', I very much recommend looking into the Zettelkasten Method of note taking. Check out the program Obsidian or Roam Research. Happy learning!

[@rickyn4710]

I think Musk's point is to understand the area you are leaning from the foundations first so you can begin at the first principles, you can then built out from there and remember a lot because it all connects to the foundations i.e. you can contextualize any new related knowledge. Bill Gates learns the same way, but he calls it building out a framework so you can slot related knowledge together which helps you remember and connect many different things.

[@emanda1366]

Elon Musk’s 2 Rules For Learning Anything Faster : Rule #1. Make sure you are building a tree of knowledge(Understand the basic principles). Rule #2. You can't remember what you can't connect(Connections power your learning).

[@d.weltenbummler1535]

To the people who watch this video and asking in the comments for examples: Re-watch the video, until you see them. Elon and his business are the examples my friends, that should be now the enough especially for a video about Elon Musk and his principles. Awesome content, thank you so much!

[@NickC9545]

If this video cannot be immune from a thumbs down, no video can.

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

So, the first rule felt somewhat shallow as it essentially boils down to "have a solid foundation before you get too specific". That's sound advice, but it's also kinda ... "duh", as it's very trivial advice. I think it's a rule almost all more accomplished learners follow, to be honest.

[@luisff7030]

No. It's trying to transmit that you need to know a large variety of topics to see all the possibilities. That large variety is the large forest and the basic of each topic is the trunk tree. And he can win the competition of knowledge, not by learning fast from what is available, but from what he can learn from his inventions. And to make an invention he needs to know that forest to see where is a new place to apply new technology and be the first one to know it.

[@GonzoEnt]

Let's be honest Valkyrissa, the information may seem trivial but we both are aware not everyone does what they know to do and for some they need a blatant reminder of the fact. Additionally, you never know what a person may gain insights from, whether they are an advanced learner or not so keeping a healthy perspective may make the information seem less trivial. If you do find more advanced or help information hopefully you'll share with the rest of us. Best of luck to you in your endeavors. 👍

[@randomuser66438]

Plus, the need to learn the basics will manifest itself as you try to learn something complex. Oftentimes, what you need to learn will also be clear enough. For example, when a lesson mentions a concept you don't know yet.

[@she4136]

Yes, its basics. Most with any understanding of applied wisdom knows this. I cannot build a house when I do not understand building it from the foundations to the roof. It wouldn't be smart to buy my tools and supplies without edifying my knowledge on what they will be used for. This is common sense information for those who know and an epiphany for those who bought the tools first without reading a book🤦🏽

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

I agree with you but all kinds of people learn differently and if you look at some comments on this video they get it explained to their faces and still don't remotely understand the concept. Thats why I believe it's the only thing that you need to learn: how to learn (how to teach yourself)

[@manitamras1359]

The best part of your video are your way of describing and add free videos 🤗🤗

[@tikigodsrule2317]

This is what a great teacher does. Hopefully you had that one amazing teacher in high school. Connecting something you have great interest in to the subject. Finance class; Your favorite person and how their finance evolved and failed/restructured. Auto class; detailed review of what makes a lambo different than a chevy. Math; class project with model rockets and the math.

[@proteslapower6754]

First of all I would like to be one of the many to thank Elon Musk for his leadership, determination and all of his efforts of helping humanity clean up our environment with sustainable energy programs. Also with his commitment of SpaceX to allow the exploration of space for future colonization. Our world is a fragile place that currently holds all of humanities eggs in one basket. By spreading our wings and being able to leave our nest we will ensure that human consciousness will live on outside of our planet. I was asked by A very wise man in the early 2000s if I had millions of dollars to help humanity, what would the most important innovations be in business for all of humanity? I knew that the petroleum industries were polluting our air water and food to the point that people were getting sick and dying of diseases from those major fossil fuel pollutants. As we talked further and further about electric vehicles and transportation, solar power and other sustainable energies. He said I think you're right and it should be done because he as well had been pondering that question. He wanted to be thorough though so he asked if anything else should be focused on for all of humanity? I said yes and case of a global disaster whether it be a climatic asteroid strike or another world war I suggested that space exploration also be considered to prevent the collapse of human consciousness as we know it. Thinking back all of those years almost seems like a deja vu to where we are today. Again I can't think of anyone else but Elon that would put all of their Fortune on the line for the rest of humanity. With his consistant focus and extremely innovative leadership, he is leading the world out of darkness and into the light of the rest of our universe. So much yet to learn and do but thanks to the lead of people like Elon we can step in the right direction. We all have more in us to offer the rest of the world. So let's do it! This is the time and we are the people that will change the world! For those of you who like these ideas or have some of your own to offer, please let me know. I appreciate all of you and your comments. Let's shoot for the Moon and Mars then we will end up amongst the Stars! [e-mail]

[@paullamhung8818]

Many thanks for the above awesome comment. May be we should have a global Think Tank to find solutions to our urgent problems such as (1)the current COVID pandemic (2) climate change(3)food shortage(4) water shortage(5) unemployment crisis(6) disparities of resources (7) spiritual and consciousness elevation (8) increase of the happiness index for the world. This is perhaps a tall order but we can start on a small scale. Cheers. 😄😄😍

[@mr.andrewscreepypasta6665]

1) Work on the base aka trunk. 2) You cannot remember what you cannot connect. Always make a connection to something else. You have to know your capabilities, first to understand how to overcome it.

[@sburgos9621]

I use a similar methodology. The fear of failure is my biggest roadblock.

[@5crb30]

Learn first and fear later

[@dbyrd7827]

Bravo! A life changing video! This video brilliantly sums knowledge management as learning. I suppose KM should be considered the trunk of learning. I love this video. Imagine a galaxy where every child learns this in kindergarten. Then every child is taught to grow forests in their mind and externally. What does a culture like that do with a million years? What would they do with a century, a decade, or even a year? I don't know the answers, but investing their first 10 minutes watching this video is a terrific start. There are approx. 7.5 billion videos on YT. I've watched less than a million of them, but this vid is my personal top 10. This vid is my #1 in less than 10 minute category. This video is brilliant, enabling, and powerful. Congratulations, and thank you!

[@ReflectionOcean]

00:00:00 Learning as a key tool for entrepreneurs. 00:00:16 Elon Musk's disruptive success through unique learning methods. 00:00:25 Musk's ability to shift industries and innovate consistently. 00:01:00 Musk's exceptional learning approach compared to average entrepreneurs. 00:02:04 Importance of structuring knowledge like a semantic tree. 00:02:22 Rule #1: Building a strong foundation of knowledge. 00:03:00 Musk's emphasis on understanding core concepts before details. 00:04:22 Rule #2: Connecting information for deeper understanding. 00:04:52 Musk's strategy of building interconnected knowledge structures. 00:05:56 Contrast between collecting information and building structured knowledge.

[@rickitekgaaso2927]

it depends, if you are a specialist/scientist involved in R&D you need to know the details and focus in your subject up to the last bolt. but for a guy like elon who handles all aspects of all his companies from management, finance, operations, R&D he only needs to know the fundamentals and throw the details to his scientist/specialist.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Every new area of exploration requires learning the foundational vocabulary of that field of study.

[@MichaelDennis1234]

"I'm probably not engaging in a set of actions likely to maximize my lifespan." - Elon Musk Second-funniest Elon quote, only behind: "I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." - Elon Musk 😂 Okay I'm done, have a nice day and go learn something

[@capgains]

He’s provided more value entire nations couldn’t provide over a normal lifespan Thanks Elon

[@mariaanast276]

Thank you for making me laugh.

[@rodschmidt8952]

Oh dear, that's terribly suboptimal

[@OfficialNattyOrNot]

In short, learning is not linear, and education is just our current understanding of fundamental truth, but it is subject to change as time and depth of understanding progresses

[@nguyenngocthanhphong1726]

So great sum up in visualization. Thank you !

[@maltedmilk6888]

Connecting new things you learned with things you've already grasped is good. This video needs to take it easy on the tree metaphor, it actually ended up getting in the way

[@ThinkOFood]

Amazing video and very well explained. Thank you so much. I can say definitely that this approach works. I am a Chef in my career and with the COVID and everything I opened a KZbin channel and I didn't know anything about the KZbin algorithm, Editing, or FIliming but I took a month and learned the basic behind KZbin and creating videos and now I have a Cooking channel that connects to my other knowledge which is Culinary. Hopefully, I will be able to connect it to another tree where I would start to earn some income to never be in a position where I was when I lost my job when all this Corona started. Thank you very much!!! 👍🙏🙌

[@ItsMauiBruh]

Simple rocket science breakdowns into fluid mechanics/thermodynamics which breaks down into physics and chemistry which breaks down into calculus. With calculus and physics being the “trunk”, and every other subject being strong branches unit you reach the stem of rocket science which in itself has hundreds of more branches.

[@KandiMan]

This is why colleges and structured curriculums are never going away. Designing a learning path by cobbling together random tutorials on the internet will rarely if ever yield a quality educational experience.

[@kasdimfer5156]

A perfect channel for efficient people.

[@lihonghicken]

Very good video. The question I have is, how to identify which knowledge is deep roots and trunks, and where do you get them?

[@markemerson98]

great principles: can you provide an example of these principles applied to a topic, subject, domain etc

[@jennerb7059]

Great video! this is something that I always thought about. looks like Im learning something new every day.

[@amorfati4752]

It's not about knowledge at all, but understanding, intuition, concepts and mental models. Paradigm shifts in your way of thinking. The fundamental abstract relations that you learn in one area of research can be found in many other areas in similar forms. You basically learn laws and models that everything else fits into. Pure memorization doesn't achieve this at all, you'd just be repeating sounds that you've heard. Even parrots can do that. The video does say something like this, but I don't think it distinguishes between "knowledge" and "understanding" sharply enough. A good enough understanding of a concept can almost generate the knowledge which is build on it. That's how geniuses are so fast.

[@felixschweigkofler7630]

I think the connections rule is more important and clear. It also makes sense neurologically, as synapses, that are the real connections that create the knowledge in your brain, get stronger the more they are used. Thus the more used synapses BECOME the stem, they are not the stem from the beginning on. But of course this is oversimplified and there are many different models for learning. And understanding a few key facts is always more important than understanding details. That is why Wikipedia has an initial paragraph, that outlines what the whole article is about. Also: always ask/search/look for effects of the thing you are constantly learning. That is the second most important way to learn connections, right after understanding things because they are like things you already know.

[@punnaroothsrimongkolsilp6279]

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[@johnarvinbarcelona387]

Thx for the post. This is like simon sinek's book "start with why" hehe so it's gonna be clearer on your road to learning.

[@dpdi8wu]

Time is so limited that we don't have time to learn all the things written in a textbook. The first principle is a great way for us to learn just enough to solve a given problem, and then find more problems and solve more of them. It is the key to maximum productively (Example: Elon Musk build rockets without a PhD in space science. He is not the most knowledgable person in space science, but his knowledge is adequate to solve the problem.)

[@kerbodynamicx472]

“Become a rocket scientist far faster than you thought possible” Just play Kerbal Space Program...

[@ghostygirlygirl9149]

This is so good and necessary to be watched

[@darkwoodmovies]

Regarding the idea of giving more examples: I think what people are looking for (at least I am) is a real-world example of exactly how Elon Musk did what he does. E.g. what are the specific steps he took to understanding electric cars enough to start a company around them.

[@bigpapisaunds]

I actually think this is very wise, understand the principles of life first, emotions and character and how to influence and then be curious, and understand everything you do (do a cross examination of teachers and pick the best one) and spend you time climatizing yourself in an eco chamber of knowledge and be sure to find new inspiration relatively consistently

[@philiphodgesnz]

I don't think Elon is in the same category as Einstein or Tesla!

[@davidlussier8384]

We will know in 100 years maybe

[@pulok9909]

He is more than them.We relize him 50 years later.

[@joaofernandes4769]

but he is the only one who is still in active, so ... lets wait (just like Lebron james and Michael Jordan, Lebron is still playing:) )

[@intp9944]

not at all ,they are true inventors..they made their inventions from nothing....literally nothing...

[@davidlussier8384]

@@intp9944 could be a revolutionary

[@SuperDannyrulez]

For those of you asking for examples here it is - Elon Musks businesses are all connected. I am not sure how he will connect the Biotech one, but I have a feeling it will have to do with sustainability and green efficiency. Elon started with Electric cars - learning about them and their problems. He noticed electric cards were often not luxury or desirable and they had a low range. He then moved onto solar and space exploration. All of it is connected and he started with the fundamentals of each business sector before learning the details. He often talks about how Tesla can be a complete ecosystem. Solar roof, power wall, electric car etc.

[@jojo-fj7lw]

Learning the basics of knowledge and invest time and energy into it, soon ur plant grows and blossom

[@dpdfree]

I already do this - its probably how I passed graduate school with a 4.0. In order to understand a system you need to understand the base. Who cares what the normal blood potassium level is… if you don’t understand what serum is. Its like sketching you don’t draw the details before the circle of the head

[@robselfinvest]

I would think of it more as a huge spider web, and the more connections to something the thicker the silk. But I like that it can viewed as trees, whereas you could connect adjacent 'knowledge' trees to make a forest.

[@user-ww1wh3wz5d]

This is extremely accurate. It sounds vague or whatever but it is soooo important to becoming highly effective

[@daveyu1915]

Grab the basics Connect what you have learnt Effectiveness of learning grows exponentially

[@janakin5182]

What about understanding the roots? Being deep rooted keeps one humble and the world would get benefited more. Thanks for the video

[@santanu7849]

One example: many students starts derivative,calculas without knowing where it actually came from. Like how the limit works,what it actually mean,from where it came from etc.

[@SY-sp8uo]

If you want to go fast - go alone, if you want to go further - go together!

[@mhlengidlomo]

The opposite may also be true in some cases

[@gordthor5351]

The reality is that Elon's inherent dominant cognitive functions (introverted intuition and extroverted thinking) are perfectly suited to store and retrieve data from a web or branch like framework. Tesla and Newton were the same rare personality type as Musk (INTJ) and Einstein was an INTP (introverted thinking and extroverted intuition). People's two most dominant cognitive functions are 90% of the lens in which they perceive and judge reality. 75% of people have a dominant sensing perception function, thus their intuition will be weak. Everyone can work on shoring up their weaker cognitive functions, but they will never attain the same strengths in those functions as someone of whom have them inherently dominant. Elon see things in entire concepts, with no need for words to understand the essence of them. This allows him to quickly add new info to his holistic framework in his mind. He doesn't have to learn new topics in a linear fashion, once he has understood the terminology. Everything is interconnected in an INTJ mind structure, thus overlapping data from different fields will be automatically added to the new field of learning. Even when you are sleeping, because introverted intuition is the subconscious cognitive function, which seeks patterns 24/7. Often I will be reading a new topic of interest and when I continue reading the next day, it seems like I have already read much of the following pages, because the info has already been filled in by my subconscious mind. Introverted intuition gives Elon his visionary idealistic dreams and extroverted thinking gives him a logical fact checker to make sure his ideas will work in the real word.

[@bhushankaduful]

Amazingly explained 🙏

[@riceman3284]

I’ve learned more in this comment section than this entire video. And a lot faster.

[@jianfabentsai2438]

If you are studying in school or university and you experienced traumatic life events or experience causing you distress, its best for you to pause your studies and seek a professional counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist (GP doctor referred) to overcome your emotional and mental demons before resuming your studies if not you waste time, energy, and money and in the end failing your course. Even if you passed the course by rote learning, you didn't acquire the skills to perform your job or pass the interview thus you just get a piece of very very expensive paper. You need a calm and stable emotional state and environment to learn effectively. Small daily studies and practice is better than last minute forced memorisation for exams.

[@vlogmoinc5597]

I got nothing from this but a nice sounding metaphor.

[@NickNiccelson]

In one sentence: focus on the most important relationships between the facts, not the singular facts themselves. Here's a way of rephrasing the Two Rules: (1) *Not all knowledge is created equal.* (2) *You retain new knowledge based on how it reminds you of what you already know.* Let's say you have three books, titled "A", "B" and "C" for example's sake. If the Two Rules did not apply, you could read all of A, then all of B, then all of C and remember all the content across that series perfectly; as if your mind was a blank notebook which had just transcribed those books word for word. In reality that isn't what happens: doing that is "cramming" all the facts into short-term memory without any structure to embed them into long-term memory. If you instead follow the Two Rules, you look for the areas of overlap between A, B & C instead of treating them as standalone. Read all of A thoroughly, then read B until you get to a part that reminds you of something in A, then open that same part in A and skim-read it again to reinforce what you know and how it has specific things in common with B. Finish reading B by this process that networks it with A. Then upon finishing B, start reading C and every time something rings a bell to what you've read previously, relate it back to A & B the same way. By looking for similar principles, opposite principles, parallel systems and other such patterns in the information? You're training the mind not to "record information" like a notebook, but to play a meta-game based on pattern-recognition instead of recall memory. That's why the Two Rules work: remembering takes work, but *recognition* is built into us at a deeper level.

[@shauryaverma2705]

@@NickNiccelson thanks🔥

[@alexfernandez9455]

that beat....it's drilled in my head

[@rainrabbit9209]

Have you ever started something so you could start something new? I wanted to learn something from start to finish. I tried Tai chi; only to learn that it never ends. It is a process of mind and body in continued effort of gravity and open spirit.