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🗣🎙 I had a wonderful time discussing technologies for thought on this week's EconTalk: econtalk.org/andy-matuschak

's even-handed analytical style has made this my favorite podcast for years, but of course he's also an experienced educator. A great combo for this topic!

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Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning - Econlib

Software Engineer Andy Matuschak talks about his essay “Why Books Don’t Work” with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Matuschak argues that most books rely on transmissionism, the idea that an author can...

5:25 PM · Aug 5, 2019Twitter Web App

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Have you tried Devonthink Pro at all?

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DevonThink Continued

Thanks to everyone for the amazing response to the Times essay and my subsequent post. Clearly, there is some serious pent-up interest out there in these kinds of tools. I’ve received so many…

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Aug 5, 2019

I have! I'm enthusiastic about associative personal knowledge management systems. My approach has some overlap with the principles described there, but because I'm more interested in manually-curated associations than machine-generated ones, I use a different tool.

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Omg so excited to listen to this!

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I like Tyler Cowen’s content as well, but I far prefer Russ’s style. Will tune in!

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This was a good interview. I actually stumbled across your blog post After Class is Over when I was debating on going back to school to study machine learning. The post reminded me that regardless of my decision to never stop learning.

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After Class Is Over

I recently spoke with some kids from a high school with an impressive engineering curriculum. Classes in mechanical, electrical, biological, and software engineering—the mind boggles! I told them...

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What, a list of books about the study of progress and invention without the inclusion of Mokyr's "Lever of Riches"?? Shame on you sir!

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It was a good discussion Andy, good job!

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I would like to point to the best & most stick-with-you learning experience I've had in past years: @MelMitchell1's MOOC Intro to Complexity @ComplexExplorer Building on the blog post this article inspired 2 months ago: joethinks.home.blog/2019/06/05/a-f on high impact articles for me

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