There is a pedagogical theory that states a student only really learns something when they apply it. Not read it, not highlight it, not copy it out: apply it.

There is a pedagogical theory that states a student only really learns something when they apply it. Not read it, not highlight it, not copy it out: apply it. The only way to build personal knowledge, in my experience, is to do things. And I only want to learn things in the context of doing something. I read and favourite and bookmark stuff all the time to dig into for inspiration. But then I choose to build something, and I assemble knowledge on a JIT basis and apply it. LLMs make this easier than ever before. Everything else is theatre at best, procrastination at worst.