It would indeed take forever, even assuming we are not only reading, but writing notes too. The only way through is to make it computable: writing programs and

It would indeed take forever, even assuming we are not only reading, but writing notes too. The only way through is to make it computable: writing programs and making it concrete. Another is to obsess over it externally: taping index cards up on the walls, ruminating on it in the bath, and transferring that to software. There's just too much to learn now. My bet is on first principles from cheap books, but the world keeps turning. What has worked for you?