Poll: How do you prefer to learn about any conceptual stack, like computer stack from microcode to app UI, music from notes to counterpoint, or buildings from rebar and concrete to paint?
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Honestly I have no clue. Top-down, in-out, whatever, I'll understand nothing for weeks until I suddenly understand everything
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Why then What then How
Why: purposes and subgoals. Top-to-bottom, starting from a purpose I have.
What: causal model. Order by my biggest confusion, learn until I believe outcome predictions.
How: hands-on actions and observable outcomes. Bottom-to-top: predict, act, observe.
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I “prefer” not to learn about the stack at all. As each layer fails, I learn about it top-to-bottom.
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