Early Conceding While Reading and Not Starting Discussions

[ActiveMind]

@Jarrod

Thanks for sharing that about the Nobel laureates. I didn’t know that. It reminded me of Bloom’s 2 sigma problem which (from what I’ve heard) is about how students who received full-time one-on-one tutoring massively outperformed students who just had a regular classroom education. Presumably because the tutored students got way more feedback (and got that feedback immediately whenever they made a mistake) vs the students who just have to quietly watch a teacher from the back of a large classroom.

You’ll like what the same blogger has to say about private/aristocratic tutoring then. Elliot has linked to it before (direct link to essay).

@Jarrod

Have you seen this old Fallible Ideas Discussion email by Elliot?

I like that email. I found it inspiring. I’ve gotten the same sentiment elsewhere, but it was cool to read how he has philosophy so tightly integrated into his life for example. Thanks for sharing!

@Jarrod

Have you considered working that hard?

Yes, and I think I should. Since around I found Elliot I’ve thought I should exhaust my mental energy each day and put it towards programming and philosophy, but I haven’t done that.

@Jarrod

[…] and don’t even blame your static memes.

I’ve been blaming my static memes. I think really should just put in more effort and be more persistent.