research process
- Queues up multiple papers and books about the particular subject he's learning about and would only read on that topic for weeks.
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Important thoughts internalized through writing
- Use narratives strategically.
- Stories are a very good way to transmit a message.
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Questions I had:
- Books/papers on naturalistic decision making?
- How do you find the best papers/books on a certain topic?
- Any good reads on other sorts of deliberate practice-like activities?
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Forgot to tag you but would love your input on these! (I had a few longer ones as well that couldn't fit in 280 characters 😅)
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Big questions! I'll go through them one by one:
Re: NDM, start out with Klein's book Sources of Power and Power of Intuition. Then skim Beth Crandall's Working Minds.
Also, read Kahneman and Klein's paper: fs.usda.gov/rmrs/sites/def
And trace the citations.
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Re: finding resources to read. This is a bit of an art. I tend to Google first, and then look up citations at the bottom of Wikipedia. But I also pay attention if some blog post/Tweet thread cites a book/paper. Then it's usually a simple case of following their citations.
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For deliberate practice, I'd say go through Ericsson's Peak (my summary here if you don't want to: commoncog.com/blog/peak-book) and then jump to the Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance cambridge.org/my/academic/su
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On that note, if you want to lowkey pick up on what's interesting in NDM, it pays to subscribe to the NDM podcast naturalisticdecisionmaking.org/podcasts/
And I'm eyeing the Oxford Handbook of Expertise, which is ALL NDM, but it's crazy expensive oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/o
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Hey just wanted to say a quick thanks for taking the time to answer my questions and linking me so many resources!
It means a lot and definitely appreciate it.
Curious. How many hours do you dedicate to reading and writing per day? I'm fascinated by how prolific you are.
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Not as much as you might think! I do read more if I’m working on a gnarly piece, but I read a little every day before going to bed, as per commoncog.com/blog/the-ultim
As for writing: I only write for Commonplace once a week, which is usually today (Monday).
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If you want hours, I’d say 30 mins to an hour before bed, and for writing, Commonplace posts can range anywhere from 4 hours to 18 hours per piece, depending on the complexity of ideas and the length.
(I don’t watch any tv nor play any games, though YouTube remains a timesuck.)
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I usually range in the 4-5h for my newsletter pieces (around 700-1k) words. 18h is pretty intense! But I'm assuming that's spanning multiple weeks?
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If say you're reading a bunch of books/papers on 1 particular topic, would you then PS as you go?
The reason I'm asking is would you ship blog posts on the particular topic that you're reading about or do you schedule them later on?
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