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15-25: mostly learn generically from generic famous books 25-32: mostly learn from introspection and weird/obscure books/writings that somehow “spoke” to me in a unique way 32-40: mostly learned from experiences and older people 1:1 40+: mostly learning from <40 people 1:1
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The most transformative three-part transition: from (learning from teachers) to (learning from peers) to (learning from teaching it yourself). All people experience first part, some never experience the latter (most do, though, in the form of parenting or mentoring)
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Overrated in general - yes. The trick/problem is that there it is the easiest to completely avoid learning ("dead end case") unless one puts in a lot of deliberate practice. There are not that many checks on quality of teachers' learning, which is not the same as teaching quality