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I clicked this link because I’m currently building an MVP for a software product and getting a hang of the essentials has been going relatively well thanks to m

I clicked this link because I’m currently building an MVP for a software product and getting a hang of the essentials has been going relatively well thanks to my tacit knowledge around computers/software. However, what I did not expect was for the article to go into that Atul Gawande quote on the laparoscopic appendectomy. It just so happens that the MVP I’m building is part of a training program for laparoscopic skill and the other half of my job is making the actual educational content, including the appendectomy (I’m a jack-of-all-trades - we’re a tiny company). How strangely surprising! I spend a lot of time testing our product with users, who all happen to be in surgical training. The professor of surgery with whom we collaborate, regularly brings up the kid/bicycle/teaching experience. Laparoscopic suturing is currently seen as an art form, and it’s a such a great example, so he usually just tells people to practice. In surgery more than in any other field everything is relative, mushy and tricky. You’re juggling manual instrument skill with medical knowledge, along with people skills (in the OR). Our approach has been to focus - with our products you only learn the skill but none of the other stuff. I’m definitely saving this one, and going be exploring all the linked sources and materials. Thanks!

earleybird 5y ago
It was interesting to read the judo analysis and then the surgical example and then generalize by taking complex experiences (for lack of a better word) and deriving patterns out of them to understand what the important difference is. It seems like, in some sense, tacit learning might be viewed as 2nd order - programming at the type level and practice is programming at the term level. This seems to model the tennis analysis also; experts recognizing the posture of the opponent immediately prior to hitting the tennis ball to infer the type of serve.

earleybird 5y ago

It was interesting to read the judo analysis and then the surgical example and then generalize by taking complex experiences (for lack of a better word) and deriving patterns out of them to understand what the important difference is. It seems like, in some sense, tacit learning might be viewed as 2nd order - programming at the type level and practice is programming at the term level. This seems to model the tennis analysis also; experts recognizing the posture of the opponent immediately prior to hitting the tennis ball to infer the type of serve.