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Wonder, blunder, salve, solve! Working on tools that expand what people can think and do. Past: led R&D @KhanAcademy; helped build iOS @Apple.

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    1. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 29 Dec 2019
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      One way to dream up post-book media to make reading more effective and meaningful is to systematize "expert" practices (e.g. How to Read a Book), so more people can do them, more reliably and more cheaply. But… the most erudite people I know don't actually do those things!

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      Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 29 Dec 2019
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      There's a funny response curve: folks who are super-diligent about note-taking practices or building simulations seem to generally end up with less insight than their somewhat-less-diligent neighbors. Maybe it's a explore/exploit thing? Or maybe just a wonk/gestalt thing?

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        1. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 29 Dec 2019
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          The best theory I have is something like: it takes so much effort to do these "expert" reading practices now that such readers burn their willpower and mental energy on running those processes, rather than on the ideas themselves. But I don't know! Gives me pause!

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        1. David Holz‏ @DavidSHolz 29 Dec 2019
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          Sometimes play is better than study!

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        2. Scott Farrar‏ @farrarscott 29 Dec 2019
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          wait, which less-diligent-neighbors ? (other erudites, or other anybodys?) Also, is this left to their choice of whether to use diligent practices? What if you asked some of the diligents to "just read" and asked some of the less-diligents to up their processes?

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        3. Scott Farrar‏ @farrarscott 29 Dec 2019
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          I also wonder about your thoughts if you compare to strategies and processes that struggling readers use in grades 4-12. e.g. …https://prod-hmhco-vmg-craftcms-private.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/READ-180-Universal-Evidence-and-Efficacy-Natl-2015-1.pdf?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJMFIFLXXFP4CBPDA%2F20191230%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20191230T065540Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=87058ed58a980f54ec1fd9e83835dd87761fa4f2f2dc02b9fbf746ae782c648c … bc, if a struggling reader becomes a reader, do they keep these strategies? If not, how would they describe their process now?

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        1. Turil Cronburg‏ @thewiseturtle 30 Dec 2019
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          Yeah, it's a difference of personality (brain) type. Some are aiming to copy the ideas on offer, while others are looking to play with them and combine them with ideas already collected, to generate totally novel ideas. The creative types take notes only when they are inspired.

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        1. Paul Stadig‏ @pjstadig 31 Dec 2019
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          My view: everyone is different, what works for one person may not work for another with different personality. Also I tend to discount "expert" explanations. They tend to be too neat and systematic. Experts think they do one thing, but actually do another. (ala Freakanomics)

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          “folks who are super-diligent about note-taking practices or building simulations seem to generally end up with less insight than their somewhat-less-diligent neighbors.” Can you expand on this or link to source? Thx. I recall your posts on books but can’t find specific ref

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