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I agree with eradicating sources of distractions, but I must protest that personally I've learned _far more_ from newsletters/Hacker News/Twitter than I have fr
by alexpetralia 6y ago
I agree with eradicating sources of distractions, but I must protest that personally I've learned _far more_ from newsletters/Hacker News/Twitter than I have from books. When I compare the amount of notes I take weekly from those bite-sized sources versus books, the former far outweighs the latter (like 5-10x).
- ahelwer 6y agoFor me HN and twitter are only useful for learning of things, not learning the things themselves. It's easy to get caught in the perpetual 101-level trap. All my actual valuable knowledge has come from reading textbooks & documentation or trying to build something in my own time.
- polynomial 6y ago"The smartest person in the room... is the room." -D. Weinberger
- polynomial 6y agoI learn more facts about the world and such from BSS (bite-sized sources) but I learn more about myself from books. Facts are useful (in emergencies) but I've found that knowing myself is far more useful. YMMV.