Central points: > focus time and effort on knowledge and skills that endure > read more seriously > think for yourself don't just take the opinions of others

Central points: > focus time and effort on knowledge and skills that endure > read more seriously > think for yourself don't just take the opinions of others > focus in a particular domain so that pattern recognition develops > persist over time so that real knowledge has opportunity to compound What kinds of knowledge actually compound? Are there specific kinds of knowledge that deliver value now, make it easier to acquire knowledge later, make new knowledge more valuable because of rich context, or give us new models and paradigms for thinking?