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Mistake #1 is assuming a linear function in the first place. If I'd known this when I was younger I probably wouldn't have spent so much time learning all thos

• CPLX 4y ago
  Indeed. I think a much more accurate model looks a lot like the returns on an investment. Returns are always accumulating to what you already have. If you know a lot you have context to recognize the next thing that comes along better. You’re in a place that is more wired for learning surrounded by smarter people. The guy says as much himself when he says “you’re at Stanford” for god sakes. People who didn’t have enough of the good thing in high school aren’t starting at a lower Y-Axis point they’re simply not on the graph at all. Most of life’s “graphs” don’t look like linear lines they look like compound interest.
• fsckboy 4y ago
  I'm sure he's well aware of polynomials and exponentials, but that's not really his point.