I wrote about a more relaxed version of this, some years ago. See Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. I wrote it to explain the techniques I use to compete as a te

I wrote about a more relaxed version of this, some years ago. See Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. I wrote it to explain the techniques I use to compete as a technical guy who dropped out of high school. It’s actually not very hard to compete if you see education as an ongoing process of personal construction, rather than some plug of knowledge that an expert gave you (along with a certificate). I collect books and papers which I ignore until I have a relevant problem, at which point I go into a process of intensive inquiry similar to that describe in the post.