BlogFlockLearn Spanish in eight days? Learn to ski in a weekend? Finish a novel in a month? Design a book in three and a half hours? (OK, that last one was me - long story).
Everyone’s looking for shortcuts, but the way we approach learning fundamentally shapes how deeply…
📷 From the top of the castle the town seemed to have been poured into its valley, where it flowed gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
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💬 “How convincing does the illusion of understanding have to be before you stop calling it an illusion?”
That’s the question James Somers asks in The New Yorker.
My answer: Fail to see the illusion and you’ll fail to understand AI. Jules Verne could have told us AI is…
To truly learn a language, you don’t need computers, you need human interaction. Time to get serious! Where to Go to Get Serious About Learning a Language | WIRED
—I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters.
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AI is not helping the learning process
💬 “When teachers rely on commonly used artificial intelligence chatbots to devise lesson plans, it does not result in more engaging, immersive or effective learning experiences compared with existing techniques”
AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking |…
What’s your most valuable note?
@eleanorkonik@pkm.social asked:
“Any examples where a tiny note became unexpectedly valuable?”
Here’s my reply.
In 2018 I wrote a note describing how I’d like to visit Japan and learn more about the concept of Shu Ha Ri.
Better late than never I did visit Japan,…
To truly understand, you must take things apart and build them back up. My cousin did it with cars, I do it with ideas in my #Zettelkasten and I did it with the concept of #ShuHaRi in my book.
Create your own mental models: it’s a high-agency, active process!
When he was still in high school my cousin took to pulling old cars apart, completely, then putting them back together. This was a real learning experience, and the beginning of an entire career working with motor vehicles. François Chollet, author of Deep Learning with Python, said:
💬…
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.
— Terry Pratchett
📷 Outside Matsumoto Castle it was raining gently.
My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.
#MatsumotoCastle #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #MartialArts #Nonfiction #JapanTravel