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I think it’s a useful bit of commentary. It’s a nudge. I think there’s plenty of entertainment-driven content that masquerades as educational. Andrej is giving
by christophilus 2y ago
I think it’s a useful bit of commentary. It’s a nudge. I think there’s plenty of entertainment-driven content that masquerades as educational. Andrej is giving a rule of thumb to help people identify when they’re being lulled into an entertainment trap while thinking they’re doing something worthwhile (not that an occasional escape isn’t worthwhile). I think his veggie straw analogy is a good one, and I’m filing it away for reuse.
- namaria 2y agoIt's not bad advice. But it is also not insightful and might be harmful. No one should be worried that they're having too much fun when they are learning.
- Draiken 2y agoI have to disagree. I can't think of a single instance of learning a subject that mattered where I would describe as "having fun". Let alone too much fun. Only on games which are fun themselves I could describe them as a fun experience, but they don't really require deep learning. The ones that do, will often stop being fun too. It's very easy to enjoy the first stages of learning and have fun with it, but to really learn something, you have to get past that phase. Then it's much more about repetition and grit, than it is about fun. So, for me, too much fun == not really learning.