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If you want the biggest possible benefit to your baby's brain, read her a book on data science or machine learning: as a result, you will have $100,000 in extra

If you want the biggest possible benefit to your baby's brain, read her a book on data science or machine learning: as a result, you will have $100,000 in extra disposible income[1] by the time she's 12. Save that up, and spend it on laboratory equipment for her of whatever kind she wants and is interested in at the time. (In case it's not clear, I mean only pretend to play with your baby now, while putting that time into improving your career secretly, as I have described.) [1] I assume you're a programmer, if not, read a read a book on Javascript instead

pavel_lishin 9y ago
She's old enough now that I can't just use reading time to study :)
yorwba 9y ago
It might not even be pretending, who says children can't enjoy hearing about the stuff their parents are involved in? My early memories are a bit hazy, but I still remember my father explaining to me the similarity between a rotating wheel and the vibration of a spring. I'm not sure what explanation he actually gave, but it might have involved gestures. So you probably shouldn't expect your children to understand and remember everything you tell them, but random bits and pieces might stick to resurface later in the process of learning them "properly".
- sandos 9y ago
  I was very fascinated by telephone books before I was 5 years old. I also knew that I wanted to work with "data" when I grew up. I was awestruck by how much information was in the telephone book, I just could not understand how so much data could even exist! This was the early 1980s, I had never seen a computer in my life, but possibly on TV. Not surprisingly I was intrigued by a Basic-manual when I was 9 and started writing small programs. I definitely had some drive toward... something intellectual? A very vague feeling but I know for sure my brain was already influenced in my fourth year in some way to make me like "data", and reading.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  I remember being very interested in my dad's work, and my grandma used to quiz me with basic algebra problems - but mine's 2 years old right now, and she absolutely doesn't want me to read a book about React :P

pavel_lishin 9y ago

She's old enough now that I can't just use reading time to study :)

yorwba 9y ago

It might not even be pretending, who says children can't enjoy hearing about the stuff their parents are involved in? My early memories are a bit hazy, but I still remember my father explaining to me the similarity between a rotating wheel and the vibration of a spring. I'm not sure what explanation he actually gave, but it might have involved gestures. So you probably shouldn't expect your children to understand and remember everything you tell them, but random bits and pieces might stick to resurface later in the process of learning them "properly".

sandos 9y ago
I was very fascinated by telephone books before I was 5 years old. I also knew that I wanted to work with "data" when I grew up. I was awestruck by how much information was in the telephone book, I just could not understand how so much data could even exist! This was the early 1980s, I had never seen a computer in my life, but possibly on TV. Not surprisingly I was intrigued by a Basic-manual when I was 9 and started writing small programs. I definitely had some drive toward... something intellectual? A very vague feeling but I know for sure my brain was already influenced in my fourth year in some way to make me like "data", and reading.
pavel_lishin 9y ago
I remember being very interested in my dad's work, and my grandma used to quiz me with basic algebra problems - but mine's 2 years old right now, and she absolutely doesn't want me to read a book about React :P