The short-sighted approach to mastering a topic is to dedicate all of your time and energy to study in depth what has been written about it so far. The long-sighted approach is to study a range of interconnected fields, and form your own mental models through relevant analogies.
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I think a majority of people in my field spend too much time reading preprints, and not enough time reading books. All kinds of books.
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Anabasis Alexandri (Arrian)
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