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Yes you are missing a lot. But you aren't alone. Everyone else is too. This is becoming a characteristic feature of the internet. There is huge information asy
by jusq2 10y ago
Yes you are missing a lot. But you aren't alone. Everyone else is too. This is becoming a characteristic feature of the internet.
There is huge information asymmetry at play here that just cannot be communicated through the media, social media or a hn post.
Or as I would say to a second grader, if you want to understand things your cousin in college is talking about put in 10 years of work. If the internet gives you the impression that everything that you can't make sense of is one ted talk/one reddit ELI5 post away, that's just wrong.
This expectation has to change. Otherwise we end up with more and more people who don't understand the work it takes to know anything deeply.
- mejari 10y agoYou managed to write a lot about the fact that they are missing something, but didn't even provide an avenue to help them start to try to understand.
- jusq2 10y agoIntentionally. Historically if you want to learn something you have to prove you are worthy of being taught. One comment expressing interest in the matter is not enough. This is the route Trump took to his overconfidence in all matters. There are lots more people who think they are worthy to be taught than people who are. The internet and khan academy isn't going to change that distribution. It's fundamental to nature. Look around at your own families, classrooms and workspaces. Not everyone has the capacity to understand the problem on the blackboard let alone solve it. And such people shouldn't be misled into believing they are contributing when they cant. I'll leave it to Bruce Lee to sum up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7XGATDfAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7XGATDfAo
- rtsy 10y agoAnd you failed to understand, that you have to pay your dues. Don't expect others, to do your work for you. This includes 'starting' or 'understanding' anything beyond ELI5.
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- scottmmjackson 10y agoI actually did put in the work, however, and I agree with parent. You also don't become an authority by pretending you're some mystic wise man without saying anything of substance. It's unconstitutional for many reasons, one of which is that the executive has no authority to block the entry of legal visa and green card holders without due process. And yes, it deals a massive blow to the rule of law and faith in the stability of the nation when legal visitors and immigrants are blocked from entry due to an arbitrary dictate from POTUS.