People learn fastest when they can imitate other people. Chefs learn by watching other chefs. Dancers learn by watching other dancers. Athletes learn by watching other athletes. But knowledge workers can’t really watch each other in action. Business opportunity.
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Replying to @david_perell
That's one of the good things about "grey literature" in mathematics. Freed from the constraints of what is expected in a journal article, one can do a lot more thinking aloud. (Not a business opportunity though.)
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Replying to @wtgowers @david_perell
The Polymath Project seems to have been an example of knowledge workers being able to watch one another, in some limited sense. Open source in general has this flavour.
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Was just trying to look up your initial post, Tim, and your comment about keeping contributions to very small increments of thought. I didn't immediately find it, but was amused to find DHJ Polymath has a profile on ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2043373742_D_H_J_Polymath …
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