Whatever you want to call them, the basics/classics/fundamentals are all just primers to get your mind firing on all cylinders. Having access to all the knowled

Whatever you want to call them, the basics/classics/fundamentals are all just primers to get your mind firing on all cylinders. Having access to all the knowledge in the world is useless if you don't know what questions to ask or what direction to take. And since everyone doesn't learn in the same manner, exposure to a wide variety of subject matter eventually works well enough for most people.