The greatest teacher remains a student forever. They learn more from each cohort of students than the students learn from them. True learning is a collaborative effort with teachers as mere facilitators and co-learners. Most learning is from reading. Writers are learners too.
I discovered that there is a kind of ”meta-learning” that happens when I read multiple books at the same time by comparing and applying principles from all of them to everyday experiences. I am reading the books ”Radical Uncertainty” and ””Range” at the same time and 🤯🤯🤯
The probability of uncovering new things increases when we do improbable things like reading unrelated things at the same time. I’ve realized that humans love to live in simple anecdotes. We want life to be structured in simple ways we understand. Why we are easily manipulated.
Secrets remain secret because we don't like complexity. The one universal truth is that the universe is an incredibly complex place with things happening in tandem that affect each other and lead to outcomes that are totally beyond the control of anyone. Secrets aren't forever.
At Sheffield, I learned that once implicit knowledge becomes explicit, you no longer have an advantage with it. I am beginning to realize the fallacy of that. Explicit knowledge leads to more implicit learning and if made explicit, it only moves everyone forward. The true secret.
The advantage of ”Developed” countries over ”Less Developed” ones is explicit knowledge. If you look at countries with major issues today, they don't invest much in basic and advanced education or indigenous research. They are permanently playing ”catch-up”.
Less developed countries are also prone to awarding the role of ”knowledge” and solutions to an ”elite” class. They are also more likely to look to that class for leadership. If you study civilizations, they are more likely to survive and thrive when there is social mobility.
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