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You don't master a subject by reading about it. This is an issue with this new "wikipedia/whatever" generation, they think they know everything because they rea

• ianamartin 12y ago
  I don't think I'm part of a new "wikipedia/whatever" generation. I'm 35, and I'm on my second career after spending 25 years as a professional violinist. I know that you have to use things to understand them. But on the other hand, you don't just go out and take a chainsaw for a spin without trying to figure out how it works first. Well, I feel like I know how it works. I just don't know what to do with it. Hmmm, should I cut down a tree? Or should I cut down a house? And what's the real difference? Are you suggesting that I should just go around willy-nilly and cut things down with my new technology chainsaw? Then I'll know shit about how it works because I've used it? I'm asking a real question here because it's not one that is easily google-able. Perhaps it's not easy to answer. I feel like there's a dearth of material available that addresses the question.