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I’m currently reading Josh Waitzkin’s The Art of Learning and I think this question of thinking, intuition, practice and flow and putting it all together is exp

I’m currently reading Josh Waitzkin’s The Art of Learning and I think this question of thinking, intuition, practice and flow and putting it all together is explored there at a great length, can totally recommend it if you’re interested in the topic.

agumonkey 7y ago
Great. I spent a few years learning electronics then materials of all kinds on my own. It felt as weird as interesting. This comes at the right time.
- asar 7y ago
  I'm on a similar journey right now, learning about electronics and materials on my own. Can you recommend any books or courses? Or how did you learn?
  - agumonkey 7y ago
    The book of youtube.[0] I read the first third of Tony Kuphaldt books on electronics (DC, Kirschoff laws up to thevenin, a bit of AC too), very nice as it's easy, not too fuzzy and not too concise. I'm starting Griffiths electrodynamics because I feel I can swallow more theory. Just yesterday I finally made a nichrome wire ring to cut non-scored glass bottles. Super impressive to manipulate matter like that. [0] I'm not in a study friendly environment right now, so watching people do simple stuff on video was my main source of motivation and inspiration. I wish I can finally go full circle with more theory.
- unkulunkulu 7y ago
  I might not have provided enough details, in the book Josh analyzes his path as a competitive chess player and a martial artist and provides insights he was able to gather from his experience. So I mostly commented regarding learning sport skills. It might provide some valuable points for learning something more academic, but maybe not as directly.
GreaterFool 7y ago
Does this book explore what does it mean to think? This is a topic that I'm interested right now. It became clear to me that the way I think is different than a lot of people do. Most people seem to be the intuitive type. So how does a thought appear in your head? How do you link thoughts together and make a decision? One mental process will be good for training, another for coding. If one were able to articulate the process and describe the state of mind then maybe we can learn better.
- unkulunkulu 7y ago
  I don’t think so. The book is about learning an adversarial skill, it provides analysis of Josh’s path as a competitive chess player and martial artist.

agumonkey 7y ago

Great. I spent a few years learning electronics then materials of all kinds on my own. It felt as weird as interesting. This comes at the right time.

asar 7y ago
I'm on a similar journey right now, learning about electronics and materials on my own. Can you recommend any books or courses? Or how did you learn?
- agumonkey 7y ago
  The book of youtube.[0] I read the first third of Tony Kuphaldt books on electronics (DC, Kirschoff laws up to thevenin, a bit of AC too), very nice as it's easy, not too fuzzy and not too concise. I'm starting Griffiths electrodynamics because I feel I can swallow more theory. Just yesterday I finally made a nichrome wire ring to cut non-scored glass bottles. Super impressive to manipulate matter like that. [0] I'm not in a study friendly environment right now, so watching people do simple stuff on video was my main source of motivation and inspiration. I wish I can finally go full circle with more theory.
unkulunkulu 7y ago
I might not have provided enough details, in the book Josh analyzes his path as a competitive chess player and a martial artist and provides insights he was able to gather from his experience. So I mostly commented regarding learning sport skills. It might provide some valuable points for learning something more academic, but maybe not as directly.

GreaterFool 7y ago

Does this book explore what does it mean to think? This is a topic that I'm interested right now. It became clear to me that the way I think is different than a lot of people do. Most people seem to be the intuitive type. So how does a thought appear in your head? How do you link thoughts together and make a decision? One mental process will be good for training, another for coding. If one were able to articulate the process and describe the state of mind then maybe we can learn better.

unkulunkulu 7y ago
I don’t think so. The book is about learning an adversarial skill, it provides analysis of Josh’s path as a competitive chess player and martial artist.