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by shw1n 2y ago
Exactly -- memorization provides the base for creativity to take place upon But that creativity can come from many places and in many forms!
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by shw1n 2y ago
Interesting -- hadn't heard of this synthesis vs creativity take before I could see that -- agreed that "creativity" can be too blunt of a word to use for all situations
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by shw1n 2y ago
Thanks for reading! Isn't learning which tools in the bucket fits the a problem best just memorizing a heuristic? That's the point I'm attempting to make, that it's not blind memorization without context, but still memor
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by shw1n 2y ago
Agreed -- I'm not trying to suggest that memory is a replacement for creativity I'm suggesting that it enables it, as it's hard to be creative when you're still trying to remember the basics of your art But once things b
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by shw1n 2y ago
Couldn't have said it better, exactly -- the negative connotations of the word prevent us from recognizing what powers learning at its core But imo acknowledging this unlocks greater speeds and gets us to the "fun part" quick
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by shw1n 2y ago
Completely agree -- but isn't internalization of their art (i.e. memorization) needed to achieve this subconscious creativity? That's the point I'm trying to make at least -- that unintentional creativity stems from learning,
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by shw1n 2y ago
Thanks for reading and the response! One of the points I'm trying to make is that taste and elegance fundamentally stem from an internalized heuristic -- which at it's core is memorization. I understand the connotation of "me
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by shw1n 2y ago
I'm glad you said this -- I felt the same way after making this discovery through my method outlined in this post It similarly took the magic out of creativity and learning a bit, and made it all seem like work The main way I've f
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by shw1n 2y ago
Thanks for reading! And agreed -- it's this exact realization that led me to both this method and title Imo this negative connotation has made many people refrain from calling internalization what it is But acknowledging that it's
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by shw1n 2y ago
Appreciate you reading! But how do you know how to apply this acquired knowledge in this new context? It's some form of pattern matching right -- which imo is just a less obvious form of memorization i.e. you've memorized the matc
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by shw1n 2y ago
Something I noticed from being raised by Indian parents while going through the US school system And again after learning how to acquire new skills quickly
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Creativity fundamentally comes from memorization?(shwin.co)
463 points by shw1n 2y ago|360 comments
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by shw1n 2y ago
As someone that builds in the video space myself ( https://dopplio.com ), these pure synthetic tools baffle me (though I do think they're cool) They weren't realistic enough for sales (we tried), and all other use-cases
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by shw1n 2y ago
Reminds me of a mantra I picked up from somewhere on the internet: 1. Make it work 2. Make it right 3. Make it fast
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by shw1n 3y ago
This is super cool, my co-founder and I were brainstorming how to essentially expand the context window via first-order concepts for this exact purpose last night Excited to try it out
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Solving My (Lack of) Network Problem(shwin.co)
2 points by shw1n 3y ago|0 comments
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by shw1n 3y ago
Thanks! Yeah it was really just a funny experiment in the beginning, I didn’t think it’d work haha
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by shw1n 3y ago
My wife was pregnant and tired of doing cold video outreach for our recruiting business, so I wrote a python script that took her best video and just spliced in audio of her saying different people’s names and LinkedIn profiles. To hide the
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by shw1n 3y ago
Personally I would love to see the restaurant service model in Australia implemented here in the US: - workers paid a decent wage - tipping not expected - tax included in price Aka price you see is the price you pay
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by shw1n 3y ago
This is a strangely bitter take on someone sharing their business journey. Sure, someone can make up their MRR, just like anyone sharing any personal story of theirs can make anything up. But in a world full of wantrepreneurs and pseudo-int
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by shw1n 3y ago
I thought they did find negative effects? I’m not necessarily for or against but didn’t the creation of dark pools lead to front-running and worse prices for customers? Michael Lewis covered this beautifully in Flashboys
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by shw1n 3y ago
As someone who also had this dream, and recently sold my first small company and now have a solo SaaS I’ve grown to $4k MRR, I can kinda answer this. The hardest part is the idea. But rather than sitting and thinking about it, I found the b
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by shw1n 3y ago
Sales I learned trial-by-fire after starting our first business, and taking a course helped a lot Books that helped a lot: - The Charisma Myth - SPIN Selling Ultimately, learning it not only improved our business but my personal life as wel
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by shw1n 3y ago
Very eloquently stated
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by shw1n 3y ago
I did the OSCP, a 3-month course + exam that teaches an overview/the basics of infosec and more specifically pentesting It’s a fairly well-regarded certification (and a tough 24-hr exam), and got me interviews for Senior Security Consu
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by shw1n 3y ago
I’ve found two ways to rekindle my love for coding/programming after I experienced similar disillusionment: 1) switched to information security. I found reverse engineering, doing CTFs, and hacking things in general brought back the se
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by shw1n 3y ago
As a non-charismatic SDE, I discovered charisma tactics I haven’t seen anywhere else by studying actors and other charismatic people on YouTube Eg. blinking your eyes when moving them to avoid unnerving “flitting”, avoiding too much head mo
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by shw1n 3y ago
We use it in our product: www.dopplio.com It lets users generate personalized sales videos quickly, saves my wife about two hours per day
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by shw1n 4y ago
My product (www.dopplio.com) leverages this exact tech to reduce manual work done in sales So I’m always excited to have more options
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by shw1n 4y ago
Wow completely forgot about crossing the chasm, good call

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