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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2019

    The Lesson to Unlearn: http://paulgraham.com/lesson.html 

    3:02 AM - 7 Dec 2019
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    • Anthony Dewitt Jess Chadderton 💭 Smile out of the Bubble 💭 B.C. Kowalski Jake Meadows Paul Jocelyn Ana Chubinidze adam ♪ Lauren George
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      1. Saad‏ @saadmrb 7 Dec 2019
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        It's just so amazing that you re-write again

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      1. Cassandra‏ @star95011 7 Dec 2019
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        ☀️Good Morning Paul☀️ 💙Happy Saturday 💙 That is such an inspirational post #SaturdayMotivation 🌺You have a beautiful writing style 🌺 🕊Thank you for encouraging and helping people 🕊 🦋It is amazing 🦋 ⛄️Stay Forever Blessed 💝❄️⭐️ #oneteam #PeopleHelpingPeople

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      2. João Abrantes‏ @joaoabrantis 7 Dec 2019
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        Learning to hack tests will only give you better grades in the short-term. True knowledge will compound, with little effort you can add things to it and link it with other subjects. Hackers will need to re-learn from scratch on how to hack their next test.

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      3. João Abrantes‏ @joaoabrantis 7 Dec 2019
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        Maybe the long-term is longer than undergraduate school though...

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      1. M Nov‏ @artlesscommerce 7 Dec 2019
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        This is good, but it could have been a whole lot shorter, eg the specifics of how and why a history test is hackable isn't important. I expect anyone who's gone through even a mildly challenging degree will understand anyway.

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      1. ~cin‏ @biocintra 7 Dec 2019
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        I can’t count how many times I had worse grade than my colleagues, although they apparently understood less of the content then I did, the same when I studied for subjects that I did not find interesting and performed better than friends that loved it. Grades are an awful proxy.

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      2. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 7 Dec 2019
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        This is so true. I see nobody mention this but the orthodoxy of the five-paragraph essay in the US educational curriculum needs to be rethought.pic.twitter.com/wKHp76k93B

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      3. Eric William Lin (林維亮)‏ @ericwilliamlin 8 Dec 2019
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        http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html 

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