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  1. Last 7 days
    1. LOL. Why does this stupid myth still get promoted??? This is so dumb. It's not about the medium you use (to a certain degree) but about the processes going on in your mind. Dumb fuck.

    1. This video actually has some pretty valid learning advice despite its lighthearted style.

      Don't agree with everything, as usual.

  2. Mar 2024
    1. This morning I ran across a copy of Jane Austen's novel Emma with some of the keywords on each page translated into Welsh as footnotes at the bottom of the page. Apparently it's part of a series of classic books published by Icon into a variety of different languages and meant for language learners.

      The full list of their titles with Welsh can be found here: Webster's Welsh Thesaurus Editions

      I'm curious if anyone has used these before, and if so, how helpful they've found them for building their Welsh vocabulary as they read English language works.

      Is anyone aware of Welsh language books that have this sort of English vocabulary cross listed on the page? (Sort of the way in which lingo.360.cymru has news stories in Welsh with English translation help along the way?)

      syndication link: https://en.forum.saysomethingin.com/t/websters-welsh-thesaurus-editions/40131

  3. Feb 2024
    1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240202060134/https://andymatuschak.org/books/

      Books and lectures are transmissionism (I'd say for historical reasons mostly). Engagement (different forms) is needed, but what form of medium would drive such engagement and do it flexibly is the hard question. (Seeing lecture as warm-up to engagement is a rationalisation afterwards, textbooks already do more but lack emotional and social scaffolding.) This is the research question behind his [[Timeful Texts 20201124070427]]. There's also a connection to my [[Boeken schrijven is flauwekul 20210930172532]] because the distrust in author's motives is that they don't even aim for transmissionism. Just the pretension of it.

      Edit #2024/02/28 : Saw [[Chris Aldrich]] mention elsewhere that lectures started out as oral comments on a source text, sharing interpretation and sensemaking as it were. The word deriving from L lectio, reading.

    1. You cannot claim a credit for education expenses paid with tax-free funds. You must reduce the amount of expenses paid with tax-free grants, scholarships and fellowships and other tax-free education help.

      What are tax-free funds? Are fellowship / tuition for grad students paid by faculty grants counted as tax free?

    1. Qualified education expenses paid on behalf of the student by someone other than the student (such as a relative) are treated as paid by the student.

      Does Tuition paid for graduate students by the professor (from research grants) count as a third party?

    1. T. Herlau, "Moral Reinforcement Learning Using Actual Causation," 2022 2nd International Conference on Computer, Control and Robotics (ICCCR), Shanghai, China, 2022, pp. 179-185, doi: 10.1109/ICCCR54399.2022.9790262. keywords: {Digital control;Ethics;Costs;Philosophical considerations;Toy manufacturing industry;Reinforcement learning;Forestry;Causality;Reinforcement learning;Actual Causation;Ethical reinforcement learning}

    1. Assigning credits to learning outcomes allows for the accumulationof units of learning and provides for transferability from one setting to another forvalidation and recognition. Interviewees representing countries in which VETsystems are modularised indicated that modules are designed to indicate a set oflearning outcomes that are expressed in terms of credits. The interviewees fromnational authorities and VET providers commonly agreed that the introduction ofmodular structures in VET and the application of a learning outcomes-basedapproach was set to provide more individualised training paths, enabling accessand progression for learners.

      Align Learning Outcomes to Credits (key for meaningful unbundling/bundling)

    2. The European approach to microcredentials(European Commission, 2020a) also highlights the importance of clearly definedlearning outcomes as a way to promote overall transparency and provide detailedinformation regarding what a learner is expected to know and is able to do

      Purpose of Learning Outcomes

    1. Curiosity As A Fuel For Learning And Innovation

      The post explores the role of curiosity in learning and innovation. Highlighting how curiosity can drive exploration, learning. And ultimately lead to innovation in various fields.

    2. Curiosity As A Fuel For Learning And Innovation
      • Who: The author, Takhar, who has a natural disposition for curiosity. And a tendency to take apart devices to study their components.
      • What: The author shares personal experiences of taking apart devices and trying to modify software, highlighting the importance of curiosity in learning and innovation.
      • Where: The experiences mentioned in the post take place in various locations where the author had access to devices to study and modify.
      • Why: The author discusses the nature of curiosity, how it evolves from childhood to adulthood, and its importance in individual growth and evolution, as well as in the processes of learning and innovation.
      • When: The post does not specify specific timeframes for the experiences mentioned, but it discusses the evolution of curiosity from childhood to adulthood.
      • How: The author explores the concept of curiosity. Including its role in learning and innovation. And shares personal anecdotes. To illustrate the impact of curiosity on exploring the unknown and acquiring knowledge.
    1. The alternative approach to image classification uses machine-learning techniques to identify targeted content. This is currently the best way to filter video, and usually the best way to filter text. The provider first trains a machine-learning model with image sets containing both innocuous and target content. This model is then used to scan pictures uploaded by users. Unlike perceptual hashing, which detects only photos that are similar to known target photos, machine-learning models can detect completely new images of the type on which they were trained.

      Machine learning for content scanning

    1. Time for reasoned response

      Some learning objectives require time for reasoned reflection; others require the ability to speak/discuss extemporaneously. Keep that in mind when deciding what tool to use. :)

    1. English Education

      The post discusses the major problems with English education in Turkish society. Focusing on the reliance on grammar-based teaching, lack of exposure to the language, and the need for teachers to motivate students.

    2. English Education
      • Who: The author, TeachBlogger, a citizen of Turkey working as an English teacher in Izmir, Turkey.
      • What: Discussing the major problems in English education in Turkish society.
      • Where: Turkey, specifically Izmir.
      • Why: To address the difficulties faced by Turkish people in globalizing and expressing themselves in English.
      • How: The author discusses the problems with grammar-based teaching, lack of exposure to the language, unawareness of opportunities, and the importance of motivation in teaching English. They also mention their own teaching methods and experiences to motivate students.
    1. innovative and Creative teacher

      This post discusses the importance of teachers being innovative and creative. In order to engage students and promote effective learning in the classroom. It provides tips and strategies for teachers to implement new teaching methods and materials.

    2. innovative and Creative teacher
      • Who: Teachers or educators.
      • What: Encouraging teachers to be innovative and creative in their teaching methods.
      • Where: In the classroom.
      • Why: To motivate and engage students and achieve good learning outcomes.
      • When: Ongoing in today's education system.
      • How: By seeking new strategies, tools, and materials, implementing changes, being positive and open to new ideas, collaborating with colleagues, and creating dynamic and interactive classroom environments.
    1. Illuminating Young Minds

      The post is about the author's experience as a tutor during the summer. Highlighting their interactions with young students and the transformative power of education.

    2. Illuminating Young Minds

      Who: The author (Jufel), who is a tutor, and young students. - What: The author's experience as a tutor during the summer, guiding and nurturing young minds through learning. - Where: Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, which is 3 hours away from the author's hometown. - Why: The author embarked on this tutoring adventure to fulfill their role as a tutor and make a positive impact on the young students' lives. - When: The tutoring experience took place during the summer. - How: The author created a stimulating learning environment, tailored their teaching methods to each student's needs, and used visual aids to facilitate effective studying. They also showed patience, celebrated mistakes as learning opportunities, and fostered a passion for learning. The author's teaching methods resulted in the transformation of the students' reading and writing skills, as well as their confidence and eagerness to learn.

    1. best Hive Learning Community

      Who: Zulay Pulido (AKA Libre Pensadora), The Terminal community, @xcountytravelers, @brittandjosie, @justclickindiva, @thekittygirl, @drakernoise, @derekrichardson, @wesphilbin, @jamerussell, @theterminal. - What: Zulay Pulido's participation in the Pimp Your Community (PYC) Contest, promoting The Terminal community on Hive. - Why: To promote and highlight the benefits and activities of The Terminal community on Hive. - When: Friday, May 29, 2020. - How: Zulay Pulido writes an article describing the activities and benefits of The Terminal community. Including: - their support for newcomers, - monthly contests, - efficient healing work, - creation of innovative activities and well-rewarded contests, - information about Hive and Discord, - inclusive and patient support for all members.

      She invites interested individuals to join The Terminal on Hive.

    2. best Hive Learning Community

      This post is a recommendation and overview of the Hive community called "The Terminal". Highlighting its support and teaching services for newcomers to the blockchain.

  4. Jan 2024
    1. Knowledge of Hive Blockchain

      The post discusses the importance of gaining a sound knowledge of the Hive blockchain. In order to keep up with the direction of finance and currency in the world. Also, outlines the author's goals for learning and exploring various aspects of the blockchain.

    2. Knowledge of Hive Blockchain
      • Who: The author of the post, Monica-ene.
      • What: Seeking a sound knowledge of the Hive blockchain for their goals in the year 2024.
      • Why: To keep up with the direction of finance and currency of the world, and to navigate the Hive blockchain effectively.
      • When: The year 2024.
      • How: By seeking a quality guide, participating in the #hivelearners community, and actively engaging in crypto spaces.
    1. Interact, Learn and Grow

      The post is about the author's design for a banner celebrating the Hive Learner community reaching 5,000 members, expressing their gratitude for the positive impact the community has had on their growth and learning on the Hive blockchain.

    2. HL Banner Design

      Interact, Learn, and Grow

      • Who: The author, George Dee.
      • What: Designing a banner to celebrate Hive Learner reaching 5k members.
      • Why: The author wanted to create a design that represents the Hive Learners community and its impact on its members.
      • When: The design was created after the community reached 5k members.
      • How: The author used Canva App to design the banner and incorporated the HL logo, academic cap and scroll, and graphical representation of the words "Interact, Learn, and Grow".
    1. book aims of education

      for - book - Aims of Education

      Followup - book - Aims of Education - author: Alfred North Whitehead - a collection of papers and thoughts on the critical role of education in determining the future course of civilization

      epiphany - adjacency between - Lifework and evolutionary nature of the individual - - people-centered Indyweb -- Alfred North Whitehead's ideas and life history - adjacency statement - Listening to the narrator speaking about Whitehead's work from a historical perspective brought up the association with the Indyweb's people-centered design - This is especially salient given that Whitehead felt education played such a critical role in determining the future course of humanity - If Whitehead were alive, he would likely appreciate the Indyweb design because it is based on the human being as a process rather than a static entity, - hence renaming human being to human INTERbeCOMing, a noun replaced by a verb - Indyweb's people-centered design and default temporal, time-date recording of ideas as they occur provides inherent traceability to the evolution of an individual's consciousness - Furthermore, since it is not only people-centered but also INTERPERSONAL, we can trace the evolution of ideas within a social network. - Since individual and collective intelligence are both evolutionary and intertwingled, they are both foundational in Indyweb's design ethos. - In particular, Indyweb frames the important evolutionary process of - having a conversation with your old self - as a key aspect of the evolutionary growth of the individual's consciousness

    1. Learning from the learning place

      This post discusses the value of both independent learning and learning under guided tutelage, emphasizing the importance of a balanced approach. It also encourages individuals not to compare their progress to others and to trust in God's timing for their own journey.

    2. Learning from the learning place
      • Who: The author of the post (@themesiah).
      • What: Discussing the importance of both independent learning and learning in a supervised environment for entrepreneurs.
      • Why: To emphasize the benefits of a combination of independent learning and mentorship for entrepreneurs.
      • How: The author explains the advantages of both independent learning and mentorship, and encourages readers to find a balance between the two.
    1. Making Learning Fun

      This post discusses a teacher's use of improvisation and hands-on activities to make learning fun for students, specifically through a science activity where students create a model of the lungs using plastic bottles and balloons.

    2. Making Learning Fun
      • Who: The author (@pinkchic), who is a teacher, and the students.
      • What: Making learning fun through improvisation and conducting a science activity.
      • Where: In a public school classroom.
      • Why: To improve the students' academic performance and help them understand concepts.
      • When: The author conducted the activity during the first period of the school day.
      • How: The author used improvised materials to create a model representing the respiratory system, and the students worked in groups to complete the task. The author also emphasized the importance of recording observations and answering guide questions.
    1. English Unit Learning Worksheets

      This blog post discusses the author's experience teaching her young son English through various learning activities and worksheets focused on the autumn season.

    2. English Unit Learning Worksheets
      • Who: The author, MissDeli, and her son Caleb.
      • What: Learning activities and worksheets for English language learning.
      • Where: Romania.
      • Why: To improve Caleb's English language skills.
      • When: The author has been working with Caleb since he was very young and continues to do so.
      • How: By using resources such as cartoons, books, and worksheets, and by paying attention to Caleb's learning capacity and interests.
    1. My Introductory Post To The Hive Learner Community

      In this post, the author introduces themselves to the Hive Learner community, sharing information about their education, skills, hobbies, and their attraction to the Hive blockchain. They also express their commitment to supporting and contributing to the growth of the community.

    2. My Introductory Post To The Hive Learner Community
      • Who: The author, ogungbuyi kayode, also known as @heskay.
      • What: The author's introductory post to the Hive Learner Community on Shrewdies.com.
      • Where: The author is from Ekiti state, Ikole town, Nigeria.
      • Why: The author joined the community to participate in community activities and help it grow. They were attracted to the Hive blockchain after receiving their first payout and wanted to make new friends and learn from different people.
      • How: The author introduced themselves, shared their education and skills (student of animal science, learning about cryptocurrency), hobbies and work (football, video games, research, cryptocurrency business), what attracted them to Hive (earning a payout, making new friends, learning), and their contributions to the Hive blockchain (supporting the community). They also mentioned how they learned about Hive through friends and mentioned specific users who helped them.
    1. LET'S LEARN FROM THE ANTS

      This post discusses the importance of unity, love, respect, and preparation, using ants as a role model, in order to achieve success in life.

    2. LET'S LEARN FROM THE ANTS
      • Who: The author (West Africa Curation), @oxygen02 (illustration), and the Ants.
      • What: Learning from the Ants' love, unity, respect, and preparation.
      • Where: Africa.
      • Why: To achieve greater things in life
      • How: By observing and emulating the Ants' behavior and characteristics.
    1. lifelong learner

      The post is about a person named Walid who is new to the platform and wants to learn about cryptocurrency and improve himself through learning and taking risks.

    2. lifelong learner
      • Who: Walid from Algeria
      • What: Introducing himself and sharing his goal to learn about cryptocurrency and improve his English.
      • Why: To share his life and knowledge with others and to learn from them.
      • When: Currently, as he is new to the platform
      • How: By actively seeking opportunities for improvement, taking risks, and reading self-help books.
    1. Learn How to Trade

      This Shrewdies.com post is the final entry in a series about the author's journey to learn how to trade. It provides a summary of their trading progress in June 2023, discusses lessons learned, and shares some trading strategies and insights. The author concludes that trading is still a hobby for them.

    2. Learn How to Trade
      • Who: The author of the post (@adamada)
      • What: The author's final entry in their trading journal, summarizing their progress and lessons learned from trading
      • Why: The author wants to track their progress in trading and see if they can become proficient at it.
      • When: June 2023
      • How: The author shares their trading statistics, insights, and lessons learned from their trading experience.
    1. Learning and Language

      The core theme of this Shrewdies.com post is the importance of language in the learning process, particularly in the context of Nigeria where multiple languages are spoken. The post emphasizes that teachers must understand and utilize the language that learners are familiar with in order to facilitate effective learning.

    2. Learning and Language
      • Who: The author (@estherekanem), teachers, learners
      • What: Learning and language, barriers to learning, the nature of languages
      • Where: Nigeria
      • Why: To discuss the importance of language in learning and the national policy on education in Nigeria
      • How: By emphasizing the inseparable relationship between learning and language, discussing the different languages spoken in Nigeria, explaining the nature of languages, and highlighting the need for teachers to understand and use the language that learners are familiar with.
    1. Learning Methods

      Razan Salah discusses the concept of learning methods and explores different types of learning methods such as discovery learning, collaborative learning, and self-learning.

    2. Learning Methods

      Who: Razan Salah - What: This post discusses the concept of learning methods and the different types of learning methods. - Where: The post can be found on Shrewdies.com. - Why: The post aims to provide information about learning methods and their importance in the process of acquiring knowledge and skills. - How: The post explains that learning methods are personal educational methods used by individuals to acquire information, skills, and knowledge. It discusses three types of learning methods: learning about discovery, collaborative learning, and self-learning. It provides descriptions and examples of each type of learning method.

    1. Nothing Is Permanent

      This post discusses the importance of adapting to the temporary nature of things in order to find happiness and emotional stability in life.

    2. Nothing Is Permanent
      • Who: The author (@zous) and readers of the post.
      • What: Learning how to adapt to the temporary nature of things in life.
      • Why: To emphasize the importance of adapting to impermanence in order to find happiness and maintain emotional well-being.
      • How: By accepting and adapting to the temporary nature of relationships, objects, and circumstances, and by becoming stronger and learning to deal with life's problems.
    1. adapt your teaching methods

      This post discusses strategies for adapting teaching methods to meet the unique needs of learners with disabilities, including understanding individual needs, using a variety of teaching methods, incorporating technology, creating an inclusive environment, implementing positive behavior support, and being flexible.

    2. adapt your teaching methods
      • Who: Teachers, learners with disabilities
      • What: Adapting teaching methods for learners with disabilities
      • Where: Classroom
      • Why: To meet the unique needs of learners with disabilities and create an inclusive and accessible learning environment
      • When: Ongoing
      • How:
        • Understand the specific needs of each individual learner with a disability
        • Use a variety of teaching methods to accommodate different learning styles
        • Use technology to support learning
        • Make adjustments to the physical environment of the classroom
        • Provide accommodations and modifications to the curriculum
        • Create an inclusive classroom
        • Incorporate positive behavior support
        • Be flexible and open to change
    1. This is why choosing an external system that forces us todeliberate practice and confronts us as much as possible with ourlack of understanding or not-yet-learned information is such a smartmove.

      Choosing an external system for knowledge keeping and production forces the learner into a deliberate practice and confronts them with their lack of understanding. This is a large part of the underlying value not only of the zettelkasten, but of the use of a commonplace book which Benjamin Franklin was getting at when recommending that one "read with a pen in your hand". The external system also creates a modality shift from reading to writing by way of thinking which further underlines the value.

      What other building blocks are present in addition to: - modality shift - deliberate practice - confrontation of lack of understanding

      Are there other systems that do all of these as well as others simultaneously?


      link to Franklin quote: https://hypothes.is/a/HZeDKI3YEeyj9GcNWKX4iA

    1. Blog: A Learner's Guide

      This post is a learner's guide to blogging, explaining what a blog is, its advantages such as running campaigns, making money, and socializing, and how it can help improve one's expertise and skills. It also includes a mention of another blog post about the challenges of blogging in a difficult environment.

    2. Blog: A Learner's Guide
      • Who: The author of the post, @mrenglish
      • What: The post is a guide for beginners on blogging and discusses the definition and advantages of blogs.
      • Why: The post is submitted to @clixmoney's weekly DCC tag contest focused on blogs and blogging.
      • When: The post was published recently, as it mentions the current political transition in Nigeria.
      • How: The author explains what a blog is, the difference between a blog and a website, the advantages of having a blog (such as running campaigns, making money, running a business, and socializing), and how blogging can help improve one's expertise. The author also promotes another user's blog post and includes an excerpt from it.
    1. Learning How To Make Arrabiata

      Discusses Chan-Sakada Om's day without their mom and sister, their new resizable ring, and their experience learning to make the dish Arrabiata.

    2. Learning How To Make Arrabiata
      • Who: The author (Chan-Sakada Om), her mom, her sister, and her dad.
      • What: The author is sharing about her day without her mom and sister, learning to make a dish called Arrabiata, and buying a resizable ring for their mom.
      • Where: The author's home and Phnom Penh
      • Why: The mom went to Phnom Penh to get her teeth fixed, the sister got vaccinated, and the author wanted to share their experiences and thoughts
      • When: The mom will be returning home tomorrow, and the author mentions the water festival happening tomorrow
      • How: The author learned to make Arrabiata with their dad's help and made mistakes but was saved by their dad. They also bought a resizable ring for their mom.
    1. Group Investigation

      ALFYD (@affiedalfayed) discusses the learning strategy called "Group Investigation" and how it can be applied in the classroom to encourage collaborative and independent learning among students. The post outlines the steps involved in implementing this strategy.

    2. Group Investigation

      Who: The post is written by ALFYD (@affiedalfayed), who is a teacher and writer.

      What: The post discusses a learning strategy called "Group Investigation" and provides tips for teachers on how to implement it in the classroom.

      Why: The purpose of the post is to provide educators with information and guidance on how to use the Group Investigation learning strategy to promote collaborative and independent learning among students.

      How: The post explains the steps involved in implementing the Group Investigation learning strategy in the classroom, including selecting sub-topics, forming groups, planning, conducting investigations, evaluating information, and presenting results. The post also highlights the role of the teacher as a facilitator in the learning process.

    1. Teaching and Establishing Boundaries

      @pinkchic discusses her experience as a teacher and the importance of establishing boundaries in the classroom to create a positive and effective learning environment.

    2. Teaching and Establishing Boundaries

      Who: The author @pinkchic, who is a teacher.

      What: Reflecting on their experiences in teaching and establishing boundaries.

      Where: In a classroom and in their own personal experiences.

      Why: To share personal experiences and insights about teaching and establishing boundaries.

      When: During the author's teaching career, including their experiences in a private school and a government institution.

      How: The author discusses their experiences, including setting restrictions and rules, creating a well-equipped instructional environment, allowing students to choose their own rules, and using strategies like assigning tasks or creating a reading corner for discipline. They also mention the "Bulls Attitude Corner" as a reflection of their teaching approach.

    1. You know XGBoost, but do you know NGBoost? I'd passed over this one, mentioned to me by someone wanting confidence intervals in their classification models. This could be an interesting paper to add to the ML curriculum.

    1. Everything that I learn, I learn for a particular task, and once it’s done, I immediately forget it, so that if ten years later, I have to—and this gives me great joy—if I have to get involved with something close to or directly within the same subject, I would have to start again from zero, except in certain very rare cases... (The ABC Primer)

      I'm definitely not like this and suspect that most people are not either.

    1. learn to work with others

      What: A comment on Learning To Work With Others. Agreeing with the importance of learning to work with others and the consequences of not doing so.

      Why: To highlight the significance of collaborating with others and the negative outcomes of failing to do so.

      How: The comment explains that by not learning to work with others, people can upset others and frustrate themselves, emphasizing the importance of this lesson in life.

    1. Life lessons

      happycrazycon discusses the importance of learning to work with others and acknowledges that life lessons cannot be avoided.

    2. learn this

      Who: The author of the post (happycrazycon) and the person they are replying to (Jadeline)

      What: The author acknowledging the need to learn how to work with others and commenting on the inevitability of life lessons.

      Why: To share a personal experience or opinion on the topic of learning to work with others.

      How: The author expresses agreement with the idea that everyone needs to learn how to work with others, and adds a lighthearted comment about life lessons. They also thank Jadeline for their constructive comment.

    1. Learning to Work With Others

      @happycrazycon tells the story of a student named Leo who is frustrated with his group member, Dean, for not cooperating on a school project, and the author offers advice on how to handle the situation and focus on personal growth.

    2. Learning to Work With Others

      Who: The author, Leo (the student), Dean, and June (other group members).

      What: Leo's frustration with Dean's lack of cooperation and teamwork on a school project.

      Where: Malaysia, at a Milk Tea Chain called Tealive.

      Why: Leo is upset because Dean is not helping with the project and Leo feels like he is doing all the work.

      When: The incident happened two days ago (28th Feb 2018).

      How: Leo tries to communicate with Dean, but Dean ignores his messages and calls, leading to Leo's frustration and anger. The author advises Leo to focus on controlling his own actions and to communicate with Dean in a respectful manner.

    1. child that can't learn fast

      Adaeze discusses the challenges faced by a mother with a child who learns at a slower pace compared to other children, and how the mother's patience, positive reinforcement, and prayers helped the child improve academically.

    2. child that can't learn fast

      Who: Adaeze, a mother.

      What: Adaeze's struggle with her child's slow learning.

      Why: The author wants her child to learn fast like other children.

      When: The struggle began when the child was young and continued into their schooling years.

      How: The author changed their approach by encouraging and praying for the child, which resulted in improvement in their academic performance.

    1. How to learn while sleeping

      Zeeshanalishaikh discusses the possibility of learning while sleeping and provides a video explanation on how to do it.

    2. How to learn while sleeping

      Who: The video discusses how anyone can learn while sleeping.

      What: The video explains the concept of learning while sleeping and suggests trying it out.

      Why: The purpose of the video is to explore the possibility of learning while sleeping.

      How: The video provides an explanation of how one can learn while sleeping, although the specific details are not provided in the given information.

    1. CHILDREN FAST LEARNING TECHNIQUE

      Jesusboy discusses techniques for helping children learn more effectively, including understanding attention spans, helping them take charge of their learning goals, and using objects to teach.

    2. CHILDREN FAST LEARNING TECHNIQUE

      Who: Jesusboy.

      What: The post discusses techniques for children to learn fast, including understanding attention span and task limits, helping children take charge of their learning goals, and making use of objects during teaching.

      Why: The post aims to provide strategies and tips for teachers and parents to help children learn more effectively.

      How: The post suggests various techniques such as understanding attention span, encouraging children to take charge of their learning goals, and using objects during teaching to enhance learning.

    1. KEY LESSON  I LEARNED FROM AN ELDERLY PERSON

      @vickoly discusses their experience with an elderly person, specifically their mother's older sister, and the valuable lessons they learned from her, including the importance of trust and confirmation.

    2. KEY LESSON  I LEARNED FROM AN ELDERLY PERSON

      Who: The author's grandmother and Madam Jacob Felicia (the author's mother's older sister)

      What: Sharing lessons learned from elderly people

      Where: The author's grandmother's residence and Madam Jacob Felicia's residence

      Why: To appreciate the care, tenderness, advice, and vast experience of elderly people and to share the lessons learned from them

      When: The author's childhood and after the passing of the grandmother

      How: By spending time with elderly people, learning from their experiences, and being corrected and guided by them

    1. 11 POWERFUL LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE HEN

      Valentine George discusses eleven powerful lessons that can be learned from observing a mother hen, including good planning, discipline, sacrifice, generosity, faith, hope, wisdom, protection, unity, mentorship, and staying focused. The post encourages readers to apply these lessons to their own lives and goals in 2018.

    2. 11 POWERFUL LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE HEN

      Who: Mother hen.

      What: Lessons to learn from the hen.

      Why: To improve ourselves and impact life in our everyday activities.

      How: By observing the behaviors and characteristics of the hen.

    1. LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

      Sharkeisha Jenkins discusses the best way to learn a foreign language, which is through immersion, and recommends using media in that language, such as podcasts and YouTube videos, to engage with the language daily.

    2. LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

      Who: Sharkeisha Jenkins.

      What: Learning a foreign language through immersion

      Where: 3 different countries, YouTube, blackgirlslearnlanguages.co, Google Translate.

      Why: Immersion is the best way to learn a language quickly.

      How: By visiting different countries, studying, only speaking the language, engaging with language through media, listening with the intent to learn.

    1. OPTIMAL LEARNING

      MoOsTaFa discusses the two modes of thinking, focused thinking and diffuse thinking, and how alternating between these modes can enhance learning and problem-solving.

    2. OPTIMAL LEARNING

      Who: MoOsTaFa and researchers in the field.

      What: The different modes of thinking (focused and diffuse) and their impact on learning.

      Why: To explain the optimal modes of thinking for optimal learning.

      How: By providing information and examples of how focused and diffuse thinking can be used in the learning process.

    1. https://steemit.com/science/@mostafa1/optimal-modes-of-thinking-for-optimal-learning-whatever-you-re-learnng-learn-more-effectively
    2. Introduction To Memory

      Who: MoOsTaFa

      What: An introduction to memory and tips on becoming a better learner

      Why: To provide information and tips on improving memory and learning abilities

      How: The post explains the different modes of thinking, the two major memory systems (working memory and long term memory), and the importance of practice and repetition in improving memory and learning.

    3. Introduction To Memory

      MoOsTaFa provides an introduction to memory and offers tips on how to become a better learner by understanding the two major memory systems: long term memory and working memory.

    1. Searching as exploration. White and Roth [71 ,p.38] define exploratory search as a “sense making activity focusedon the gathering and use of information to foster intellectual de-velopment.” Users who conduct exploratory searches are generallyunfamiliar with the domain of their goals, and unsure about howto achieve them [ 71]. Many scholars have investigated the mainfactors relating to this type of dynamic task, such as uncertainty,creativity, innovation, knowledge discovery, serendipity, conver-gence of ideas, learning, and investigation [2, 46, 71].These factors are not always expressed or evident in queriesor questions posed by a searcher to a search system.

      Sometimes, search is not rooted in discovery of a correct answer to a question. It's about exploration. Serendipity through search. Think Michael Lewis, Malcolm Gladwell, and Latif Nasser from Radiolab. The randomizer on wikipedia. A risk factor of where things trend with advanced AI in search is an abandonment of meaning making through exploration in favor of a knowledge-level pursuit that lacks comparable depth to more exploratory experiences.

    1. the canonical unit, the NCU supports natural capital accounting, currency source, calculating and accounting for ecosystem services, and influences how a variety of governance issues are resolved
      • for: canonical unit, collaborative commons - missing part - open learning commons, question - process trap - natural capital

      • comment

        • in this context, indyweb and Indranet are not the canonical unit, but then, it seems the model is fundamentally missing the functionality provided but the Indyweb and Indranet, which is and open learning system.
        • without such an open learning system that captures the essence of his humans learn, the activity of problem-solving cannot be properly contextualised, along with all of limitations leading to progress traps.
        • The entire approach of posing a problem, then solving it is inherently limited due to the fractal intertwingularity of reality.
      • question: progress trap - natural capital

        • It is important to be aware that there is a real potential for a progress trap to emerge here, as any metric is liable to be abused
  5. Dec 2023
    1. “I do all my own research,” she said, “though reviewers have speculatedthat I must have a band of hirelings. I like to be led by a footnote ontosomething I never thought of. I rarely photocopy research materials because, for me, note-taking is learning, distilling. That’s the whole essence ofthe business. In taking notes, you have to discard what you don’t need. If you[photocopy] it, you haven’t chewed it.”

      Sounds similar to Umberto Eco's admonition about photocopying: https://hypothes.is/a/U3Sg_r0ZEe25T2tD3U-nmw

    1. I don't use private personal wikis, so my interpretation is: Zettelkasten is the private work space, personal wiki is a form of publication. Maybe not polished for publishing, but edited and redacted where needed, so I can trust that I can be stupid in my Zettelkasten without anyone noticing.

      reply to ctietze at https://forum.zettelkasten.de/discussion/comment/15201/#Comment_15201

      I can be stupid in my [private] Zettelkasten without anyone noticing.

      I too have a private space exactly for this purpose. On the other hand, writing and publishing in public spaces forces me to do some additional thinking/polishing work that I might not otherwise, and that often provides some spectacular results as well as useful feedback for improvement over time.

    1. Figure 11 shows that the resolvers that account for 50% of theIPv6 ingress set have relatively close number of IPv4 and IPv6egress addresses; the left 50% resolvers have more IPv4 egress IPaddresses than IPv6 egress IP addresse

      Only Figure 12 shows that this is indeed the distribution (for 99%)

      Otherwise, I think that's only one possible distribution matching Figure 11. And still, like the author's mentioned analysis of Figure 9, under assumption of equal distribution.

    2. under the premise of resolverswith the same proportion

      "Under premise of equal distribution (of both groups: IPv4 and IPv6)" - Interesting wording and probably the only one you can make from an ECDF graph.

      Figure 10 actually conveniently shows that this conclusion (under the simplifying assumption) is false, as ~1% resolvers have >50% IPv6-to-IPv4 ratio (p99 = 0.5).

    1. The crux being - 1. Exercise, that's the best drug to get your brain running, and it is true. 1. I have experienced the best ideas hit me when I am exercising or about to sleep, which brings me to the second point 1. Get ample amount of sleep, it helps to build synapses, and literally updates your brain as per research. 1. Form habits, 3 elements - cue > routine > reward 1. There are lot many memorization techniques, like - Memory palace, graphic representation and spaced repetitions, try and see which fits best. 1. Make chunks, or divide in modules whatever you learn, making it easier to access and use. 1. And finally, if the task seems tough, it is because it is new. Just start, as and when the synapses are formed it becomes easier to do it again and again, and even more rewarding in the future. Kinda like building a habit.

  6. Nov 2023
    1. 剛剛 在 一英英字典裡 看到 這個例句, 我很是納悶.We're dealing wiht decades of bad decisions that are coming back to roost now.一般來說, 若我要翻譯, 看到of我會由後往前翻, 但這裡的 decades of bad decisions 若這樣翻, 會很奇怪. 所以 來請教大家.

      這應該是填鴨式教育(rote learning)的遺害吧?看到「of」就自動由後往前翻,分明就是不問理由,只被教導要這樣做、這樣解題,我彷彿可以聽到某某國中英語老師或某補習班名師如此耳提面命:

      看到 A of B,意思就是 (屬於)B 的 A B 要先翻出來 不要問爲什麼,老師是教你如何秒殺 OF 介系詞。

      This is a doozy of an example of rote learning. 這是最棒的一個填鴨式教育的範例。

    1. 最近,我教過的學生們,有幾位開始變成中小學老師。這些同學們在我的課堂上到課率很低。我一直都不想去要求學生來上課,因為我自己當年到課率也是超低。所以我很早就用網路教學,一開始是用 YouTube 錄影後上傳,後來變直播,現在則改用 facebook 直播。奇特的是,他們說受我影響很深,教學的方法與理念都從我這裡獲益良多 ....這讓我想起一句話:If you would like to be good at something, teach it !

      If you would like to be good at something, teach it.

    1. Solitary study occupied four of the six days of the standard academic week at Wilhelmstein. In particular, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays were set aside for meetings with tutors and the completion of projects assigned by tutors. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, students gathered in the library of the fortress, where they divided their time between group classes and self-directed study.

      Self-directed study and occasional discussions with "tutors" seems like a model that could be applied to lifelong learning.

    1. 針對口譯的第二個元素:背景知識,Tony 其實引用了蘋果公司創辦人賈伯斯(Steve Jobs)的話「Stay hungry, stay foolish」來表達其實求知欲其實是口譯員重要的人格特質,Tony 為台灣新聞電視台口譯2016美國總統辯論和美國前總統川普(Donald John Trump)轉播的勝選演講是他難忘的經歷之一,中途也曾遇過secretariat 一字的翻譯困難,但最後是曾經讀過了一篇賽馬文章救了他,原來是一匹馬的名字。

      You never know when you'll reap the benefits. Plant the seeds of curiosity now!

    1. The purpose of Shrewdies.com is to explain Shrewd Learning Services and to evolve new Shrewd Learning Subjects

      In the Web3 version, only the first purpose applies to me. Because an inherent feature of Shrewdies3 is to enable anyone to create their own Web3 site. Therefore, evolving new subject sites is done by the community. Though I have yet to encourage such a community to form, But that will be an intrinsic part of the documentation for Shrewd Learning.

      Currently in development, I will replace this site with the alpha testing site as soon as it correctly presents content to visitors and search engines.

    1. Grabe, Mark. “Student and Professional Note-Taking.” Substack newsletter. Mark’s Substack (blog), November 10, 2023. https://markgrabe.substack.com/p/student-and-professional-note-taking?publication_id=1857743&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=77i35.

      Educator Mark Grabe looks at some different forms of note taking with respect to learning compared lightly with note taking for productivity or knowledge management purposes.

      Note taking for: - learning / sensemaking - personal knowledge management - productivity / projects - thesis creation/writing/other creative output (music, dance, etc.)

      Not taken into account here is the diversity of cognitive abilities, extent of practice (those who've practiced at note taking for longer are likely to be better at it), or even neurodiversity, which becomes an additional layer (potentially noise) on top of the research methodologies.

    1. Actor-critic is a temporal difference algorithm used in reinforcement learning. It consists of two networks: the actor, which decides which action to take, and the critic, which evaluates the action produced by the actor by computing the value function and informs the actor how good the action was and how it should adjust. In simple terms, the actor-critic is a temporal difference version of policy gradient. The learning of the actor is based on a policy gradient approach.

      Actor-critic

  7. Oct 2023
    1. (Chen, NeurIPS, 2021) Che1, Lu, Rajeswaran, Lee, Grover, Laskin, Abbeel, Srinivas, and Mordatch. "Decision Transformer: Reinforcement Learning via Sequence Modeling". Arxiv preprint rXiv:2106.01345v2, June, 2021.

      Quickly a very influential paper with a new idea of how to learn generative models of action prediction using SARSA training from demonstration trajectories. No optimization of actions or rewards, but target reward is an input.

    1. Shayan Shirahmad Gale Bagi, Zahra Gharaee, Oliver Schulte, and Mark Crowley Generative Causal Representation Learning for Out-of-Distribution Motion Forecasting In International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Jul, 2023.

    1. Wu, Prabhumoye, Yeon Min, Bisk, Salakhutdinov, Azaria, Mitchell and Li. "SPRING: GPT-4 Out-performs RL Algorithms byStudying Papers and Reasoning". Arxiv preprint arXiv:2305.15486v2, May, 2023.

    2. Quantitatively, SPRING with GPT-4 outperforms all state-of-the-art RLbaselines, trained for 1M steps, without any training.

      Them's fighten' words!

      I haven't read it yet, but we're putting it on the list for this fall's reading group. Seriously, a strong result with a very strong implied claim. they are careful to say it's from their empirical results, very worth a look. I suspect that amount of implicit knowledge in the papers, text and DAG are helping to do this.

      The Big Question: is their comparison to RL baselines fair, are they being trained from scratch? What does a fair comparison of any from-scratch model (RL or supervised) mean when compared to an LLM approach (or any approach using a foundation model), when that model is not really from scratch.

    1. Wang et. al. "Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence", Nature, 2023.

      A paper about the current state of using AI/ML for scientific discovery, connected with the AI4Science workshops at major conferences.

      (NOTE: since Springer/Nature don't allow public pdfs to be linked without a paywall, we can't use hypothesis directly on the pdf of the paper, this link is to the website version of it which is what we'll use to guide discussion during the reading group.)

    1. Discussion of the paper:

      Ghojogh B, Ghodsi A, Karray F, Crowley M. Theoretical Connection between Locally Linear Embedding, Factor Analysis, and Probabilistic PCA. Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence [Internet]. 2022 May 27; Available from: https://caiac.pubpub.org/pub/7eqtuyyc

    1. Training language models to follow instructionswith human feedback

      Original Paper for discussion of the Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback algorithm.

    1. three things happened
      • for: 3 things Nora learned from her father, mutual learning, indyweb - mutual learning

      • paraphrase

        • first, Nora learned what his father was learning
        • second, Nora learned what it looks like to learn and
      • third, and most important, Nora learned she could be in relationship in learning, mutual learning
    1. “What are the enduring questions she should be asking herself?” Weiss said. “Is it OK to work alongside an AI for this type of task versus this type of task? Is it taking away from future opportunities or future skills she might have? I think students do have the capacity to reflect, but I’m not sure right now we’re giving them the right questions.”

      Good points & questions to raise

    1. @chrisaldrich thank you for this detailed response about your use of Obsidian and organization for digital Zettelkasten. I am not sure if this is the current forum or discussion to ask this but I would be curious to see how you have integrated or coordinated your analog Zettelkasten and notetaking with what you describe here. I've followed your posts about the use of index cards for a long time. I'd love to see how you use the very different affordances of these environments together.

      reply to u/wtagg at https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/16wgq4l/comment/k356507/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

      Perhaps the easiest way to frame things is that I use my digital note taking as scaffolding in the learning and research process and the zettels in the digital space are the best filtered outcomes from some of that. If you compare my practice to that of Luhmann's one might consider most of my digital practice to be equivalent to his ZKI. Most of my analog practice is more highly focused and deliberate and is more closely limited to a small handful of topics related to my specific areas of research on memory, orality, intellectual history, Indigenous studies, education, anthropology, and mathematics (and is potentially more like Luhmann's ZK II). As a result, in hindsight—thanks for asking—, I'm simultaneously building my ZK I and ZK II instead of switching mid-career the way Luhmann did. But to be clear, a lot of my ZKII material filters (or digests, if you prefer that analogy) its way through the ZKI process along the way.

    1. to the bottom of the next image, about a fifth of a second later, like that. And they're getting faster and faster each time, and if I stack these guys up, then we see the differences; the increase in the speed is constant. And they say, "Oh, yeah. Constant acceleration. And how shall we

      For anyone interested in this I would also recommend anything regarding etoys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prIwpKL57dMhttp://www.squeakland.org/

  8. Sep 2023
    1. The Glass Bead Game is "a kind of synthesis of human learning"[11] in which themes, such as a musical phrase or a philosophical thought, are stated. As the Game progresses, associations between the themes become deeper and more varied.[11] Although the Glass Bead Game is described lucidly, the rules and mechanics are not explained in detail.
    1. This activity is an invitation to thinkers of all levels of experience, knowledge, and vocation.

      People like me that have learned about this way for thinking and the challenge that is finding alike minds that want to explore and build this for the next generation. Sometimes the difference between a blue thought and a revolution is having who to talk to about it. How can we connect people working on the same problem how do you put in the same metaphorical room the people trying to push the envolope

    1. Art is the hook that engages students…. The subjects are familiar so that students have much to recognize but they also contain elements of mystery so students have observations, ideas, and emotions to puzzle over [my emphasis]. (p. 24)

      Right, so the modern equivalent would be to design a game or an 3d animation in an intuitive way, yet the integration of pipeline in this systems makes it so that not even experienced professionals in the area cn develop a short film or an interactive experience through art that eases people into coding.

      I think we need to do a better job at this. If the system that allowed us to design the processes also taught it to people then we wouldn't have to chose between improving the learning curve and the system there should all be one. why did we stop shipping manuals with our tech..? ahh it was because we stopped caring about what the people that designed the tool thought.

    2. how do you ever migrate from a tricycle to a bicycle because a bicycle is very unnatural and very hard to learn compared to a tricycle, and yet in society it has superseded all the tricycles for people over five years old.

      The simple idea that new systems are harder than old even if they're better because they are new and people have to put more effort into using them.

      What I feel it's really important is the idea that the measure of a good system isn't only how easy it is to learn, if we only evaluate systems by their learning curve we'll be face with only being able to advance society at the speed of the slower adopter. Therefore we need to * Segment and dream about the future * Be mindful of the gap between where we are and where the vision is pushing towards since there has to be a common point that collectively moves us forwards

    1. During the discussion, Musk latched on to a key fact the team had discovered: The neural network did not work well until it had been trained on at least a million video clips.
    2. By early 2023, the neural network planner project had analyzed 10 million clips of video collected from the cars of Tesla customers. Did that mean it would merely be as good as the average of human drivers? “No, because we only use data from humans when they handled a situation well,” Shroff explained. Human labelers, many of them based in Buffalo, New York, assessed the videos and gave them grades. Musk told them to look for things “a five-star Uber driver would do,” and those were the videos used to train the computer.
    3. The “neural network planner” that Shroff and others were working on took a different approach. “Instead of determining the proper path of the car based on rules,” Shroff says, “we determine the car’s proper path by relying on a neural network that learns from millions of examples of what humans have done.” In other words, it’s human imitation. Faced with a situation, the neural network chooses a path based on what humans have done in thousands of similar situations. It’s like the way humans learn to speak and drive and play chess and eat spaghetti and do almost everything else; we might be given a set of rules to follow, but mainly we pick up the skills by observing how other people do them.
    1. QR Codes can be a great way for teachers to distribute class material. Here are free sites you can use to generate QR codes

      Free QR code sites

    1. When I create I learn. When I consume I just relax
    2. We all know the old saying practice makes perfect. The more we use a certain region of our brain, the more our brain "prioritizes" and "hones" it. That is what leads to myelin: activity induces myelination, which leads to increased strength of connectivity and efficiency along those very neurons. It’s a self-reinforcing process.
    3. The fact of the matter is that digital products make it uniquely easy to trick yourself into thinking that you’re learning when you are actually being entertained.
    4. learning must be effortful in order for it to happen

    1. Recent work has revealed several new and significant aspects of the dynamics of theory change. First, statistical information, information about the probabilistic contingencies between events, plays a particularly important role in theory-formation both in science and in childhood. In the last fifteen years we’ve discovered the power of early statistical learning.

      The data of the past is congruent with the current psychological trends that face the education system of today. Developmentalists have charted how children construct and revise intuitive theories. In turn, a variety of theories have developed because of the greater use of statistical information that supports probabilistic contingencies that help to better inform us of causal models and their distinctive cognitive functions. These studies investigate the physical, psychological, and social domains. In the case of intuitive psychology, or "theory of mind," developmentalism has traced a progression from an early understanding of emotion and action to an understanding of intentions and simple aspects of perception, to an understanding of knowledge vs. ignorance, and finally to a representational and then an interpretive theory of mind.

      The mechanisms by which life evolved—from chemical beginnings to cognizing human beings—are central to understanding the psychological basis of learning. We are the product of an evolutionary process and it is the mechanisms inherent in this process that offer the most probable explanations to how we think and learn.

      Bada, & Olusegun, S. (2015). Constructivism Learning Theory : A Paradigm for Teaching and Learning.

    1. the brain evolved to be uncertainty-averse. When things become less predictable — and therefore less controllable — we experience a strong state of threat. You may already know that threat leads to “fight, freeze, or flight” responses in the brain. You may not know that it also leads to decreases in motivation, focus, agility, cooperative behavior, self-control, sense of purpose and meaning, and overall well-being. In addition, threat creates significant impairments in your working memory: You can’t hold as many ideas in your mind to solve problems, nor can you pull as much information from your long-term memory when you need it.
    1. I'd suggest that you play around a little bit with a vanilla app. Create a brand new app without any additional files, just what rails new generates. See how bin/rails runner Models raises an error because there is no models directory in autoload_paths. Now, put config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/app) in config/application.rb and observe how bin/rails runner Models just returns a prompt. With the confidence of having that running, then transalate to your app.
  9. Aug 2023
    1. (~13:00) Koe argues for making information relevant (Dr. Sung always says you must make info relevant) through the learning for the solving of a particular problem, either for a client, your business, or your personal life. Your problem becomes the lense through which you learn.

      For self-education this is ideal.

      Dr. Sung's approach differs in that he advocates for the creation of relevancy through inquiry (the asking of relational questions) which is also incredibly powerful, however this is more suited to gaining more motivation for forced learning, i.e., in the formal education system.

      In addition, Koe's lense is, I think, more of a high-level filter, whereas Sung's questioning is applicable on the content level. Therefore, both approaches could be, and should be, combined into the same overall (self-)educational system.

    2. (~10:20) Koe makes a very, very, very valid point about education:

      I quote: "There is one thing that the school system did get right which is consistent, daily education in hopes for a better future. But, schools don't prioritize curiosity, so most people hate learning by the time they graduate." (emphasis added by me)

      The larger point that Koe is making is that if we own anything in life, it is our mind; for everything else can be taken away from us; as such, we must spend a significant amount of effort to cultivate it, grow it, care for it, and make it unique.

    3. (~6:07) Koe argues that specializing, or focusing on one aspect only, limits your potential in every conceivable way.

      I think I agree, yet I do also think there is a place for that... It depends on the person and what they enjoy. However, I might still be mistaken.

    4. Dan Koe seems to argue against a specialistic education based on the argument that it is nigh-impossible for a teenager to decide what they want (to be) for the rest of their lives. He also gives the argument that it results in a lack of creativity and underlying knowledge (that which connects the dots, instead of compartmentalization) which would result in abnormal performance.

      I can bypass the limitation of the first point by giving the counter-point that when one has an insane amount of metacognition, which can be trained, it does not matter if one changes path later; why? Because one can easily learn the new subject matter and skills.

      However, the second point is interesting and I think I agree with it. That said, I think there is a continuum, instead of only two points, between super-specialists and super-generalists. I myself enjoy specializing. And I believe a team of specialists (that can also work together) can accomplish much more than one (or even multiple) generalist.

    1. Title: Delays, Detours, and Forks in the Road: Latent State Models of Training Dynamics Authors: Michael Y. Hu1 Angelica Chen1 Naomi Saphra1 Kyunghyun Cho Note: This paper seems cool, using older interpretable machine learning models, graphical models to understand what is going on inside a deep neural network

      Link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.09543.pdf

    1. Ideally in the evening, before sleep, do some activity or activities that turn off the mind. You want to relax and stop thinking so much.

      Interestingly enough, forgiveness, or the act of forgiving makes relaxing easy. So, if you have someone, or even yourself, to forgive... Do this right before going to sleep :)

    2. Apparently, cold shower for roughly 3-4 minutes (rather than a hot shower) before sleep are helpful for sleep, as it decreases the core body temperature.

    3. When you wake up, get sunlight in. Andrew Huberman also advocates for that. It tells the brain and body to wake up. It creates cortisol.

      Can be combined with movement/exercise as well which also increases sleep quality. (Movement should not to be too late, however.)

    1. Apparently, some Magnesiums can help with deep sleep.

      Author takes 400mg.

    2. It is important to block blue light in the evening. Blue light sends signals to your body to be awake.

    3. One of the things to optimize sleep is to take care of meal timing. Author eats: - Breakfast at 8 - Lunch at noon (12) - Dinner between 5 and 6.30

      Discipline and consistency is important here.

      Essential is to eat dinner 3+ hours before you go to sleep.

      Food increases core body temperature which negatively impacts sleep.

    1. The sixth step, most essential as well, is to Accept the Wins

      Owning the losses means also owning the wins.

    2. The fifth step is to have Selective Memory only choose to remember the events that serve the future. Things that help to improve in the future.

      It's like Marcus Aurelius wrote (in a slightly different way): "Ask yourself at any moment, is this essential?" In this way it would become: "Ask yourself at any moment, does this help me?"

    3. The fourth step is to Apply the Reflection. Adjust behavior based on reflection. We improve not for validation, we improve for ourselves (stoic philosophy)

      Document the journey in for example a journal. Make a comparison between what would be done in the past and what will be done in the future.

      Data collection. Measurement.

      Marginal Gains. It's sort of a daily continous Kolb's cycle but in a more lightweight form. I can already see the power in this. Absolute gem.

      Could also be overwhelming if applied to a lot. therefore, use the power law and focus on what is essential to life change. (thanks Dr. Benjamin Hardy.)

    4. The third step is to Reflect and think into the future. Extract meaning and lessons from the failure. Think about opportunities.

      Reflection increases confidence. Kolb's can help with this a lot.

    5. The second step is Sit with the loss in order to find the (root) cause of the loss or pain. Do not avoid the pain, don't distract oneself, instead embrace it and feel it.

      Endurance can be trained. Comfort with uncomfortability can be trained in the same way.

      Accept and sit in the fire. Embrace the turmoil.

    6. The first step to deal with loss of any kind, be it a girlfriend, love, job, purpose, etc. Is to ACCEPT YOU LOST

      Failure = Failure.

      Failure is inevitable, and will be part of any learning process. Therefore it should not be avoided at all costs. It should be used to learn from. However; there is also no point in seeking failure, for if failure is not something negative, there is no point to improve (says the author at least)

    1. to live for the common good is a very good purpose but purpose is a gift and the purpose of our life here on Earth is to change the environment which we met for something better because there is 00:21:54 always an opportunity for something better [Music] or to be in a learning mode and we when we know things to be in a teaching mode 00:22:11 also that is propagating what we know sharing it with others and making this knowledge open source for the world and especially to help train a young 00:22:24 generation of new leaders who are going to be the ones that grapple with these problems
      • for: open source, indyweb, open learning commons, radical collaboration, individual / collective entanglement
      • paraphrase
      • quote
        • to live for the common good is a very good purpose but
        • purpose is a gift and the purpose of our life here on Earth is to change the environment which we met for something better because there is always an opportunity for something better
      • author
        • Obiora Ike
      • quote
        • I would urge us all to be in a learning mode and
        • we when we know things to be in a teaching mode also
        • that is propagating what we know
        • sharing it with others and
        • making this knowledge open source for the world and
        • especially to help train a young generation of new leaders who are going to be the ones that grapple with these problems
      • author
        • Jeffrey Sachs
    1. The essence for this video is correct; active learning, progressive summarization, deep processing, relational analytical thinking, even evaluative.

      Yet, the implementation is severely lacking; marginalia, text writing, etc.

      Better would be the use of mindmaps or GRINDEmaps. I personally would combine it with the Antinet of course.

      I do like this guy's teaching style though 😂

  10. Jul 2023
    1. Hello! I've recently encountered the Zettelkasten system and adore the emphasis on connecting ideas. However, I don't want to use the traditional index card way, seeing as I have a ring binder with 90 empty pages thus I don't want it to go to waste. I've researched a lot of methods using a notebook, where some organize their zettels by page number, while others write as usual and connect and index the ideas for every 30 pages or so. But considering that the loose-leaf paper can be in any order I chose, I think there can be a better workaround there. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

      reply to u/SnooPandas3432 at https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/158tzk7/zettelkasten_on_a_ring_binder_with_looseleaf_paper/

      She didn't specify a particular dimension, but I recall that Beatrice Webb used larger sheets of paper than traditional index-card sized slips in her practice and likely filed them into something akin to hanging files in a filing cabinet.

      For students, I might suggest using the larger sheets/3-ring binder to make Cornell notes for coursework and then later distilling down one or two of the best ideas from a lecture or related readings into index card form for filing away over time. You could then have a repository of bigger formatted literature notes from books/lectures with more space and still have all the benefits of a more traditional card-based zettelkasten for creativity and writing. You could then have the benefit of questions for spaced repetition for quizzes/tests, while still keeping bigger ideas for writing papers or future research needs.

    1. Both the cult of learning around Dante and the cult ofignorance around Newton are phenomena of the vicious spe-cialization of scholarship.

      p. xxiv

      Hutchins seems to indicate that the "vicious specialization of scholarship" is in part to blame for the emergence of the "two cultures" delineated by C. P. Snow later in the decade.

    1. alphago
      • Alphago
        • first version took months of Google UK software developers to program. It won the world Go championship.
        • Alphago Master played itself without ever watching a human player. It beat the first Alphago version after 3 days of playing itself.
        • In 21 days, it beat Alphago version one a thousand to zero.
    1. IMPALA: Scalable Distributed Deep-RL with Importance WeightedActor-Learner Architectures

      (Espeholt, ICML, 2018) "IMPALA: Scalable Distributed Deep-RL with Importance Weighted Actor-Learner Architectures"

    1. Yann LeCun released his vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence research in 2022, and it sounds a lot like Reinforcement Learning.

    1. Paper that evaluated the existing Double Q-Learning algorithm on the new DQN approach and validated that it is very effective in the Deep RL realm.

    1. This paper introduces the DDPG algorithm which builds on the existing DPG algorithm from classic RL theory. The main idea is to define a deterministic policy, or nearly deterministic, for situations where the environment is very sensitive to suboptimal actions, and one action setting usually dominates in each state. This showed good performance, but could not beat algorithms such as PPO until the additions of SAC were added. SAC adds an entropy penalty which essentially penalizes uncertainty in any states. Using this, the deterministic policy gradient approach performs well.

    1. This famous paper gives a great review of the DQN algorithm a couple years after it changed everything in Deep RL. It compares six different extensions to DQN for Deep Reinforcement Learning, many of which have now become standard additions to DQN and other Deep RL algorithms. It also combines all of them together to produce the "rainbow" algorithm, which outperformed many other models for a while.

    1. Arxiv paper from 2021 on reinforcement learning in a scenario where your aim is to learn a workable POMDP policy, but you start with a fully observable MDP and adjust it over time towards a POMDP.

    1. Paper that introduced the PPO algorithm. PPO is, in a way, a response to the TRPO algorithm, trying to use the core idea but implement a more efficient and simpler algorithm.

      TRPO defines the problem as a straight optimization problem, no learning is actually involved.

    1. Bowen Baker et. al. (Open AI) "Video PreTraining (VPT): Learning to Act by Watching Unlabeled Online Videos" Arkiv, June 2022.

      Introduction of VPT : New semi-supervied pre-trained model for sequential decision making on Minecraft. Data are from human video playthroughs but are unlabelled.

    1. Liang, Machado, Talvite, Bowling - AAMAS 2016 "State of the Art Control of Atari Games Using Shallow Reinforcement Learning"

      Response paper to DQN showing that well designed Value Function Approximations can also do well at these complex tasks without the use of Deep Learning

      A great paper showing how to think differently about the latest advances in Deep RL. All is not always what it seems!

    1. You can tell people just like I have you to focus their attention, choose a target. Imagine there's a spotlight shining just on it. Don't pay much attention to what's in your periphery almost as if you have like blinders on, right? So don't pay attention to those distractors. People can do that. We have them talk to us about like, well, what is it that you're focused on? What's catching your attention right now? Those are easy instructions to understand and it's easy to make your eyes do it. What's important though is that that's not what their eyes do naturally. When they're walking or when they're running, people do take a sort of wider perspective. They broaden their scope of attention relative to what these instructions are having them do. And when we taught people that narrowed style of attention, what we found is that they moved 23% faster in this course that we had set up. From the start line to the finish line, it was always exactly the same distance. And we were using our stop watches to see how fast did they move. They moved 23% faster and they said it hurt 17% less. Right? So exactly the same actual experience, but subjectively it was easier and they performed better. They increase the efficiency of this particular exercise.

      (24:58) In order to perform significantly better, you need to FOCUS your attention on a single thing only. Multitasking won't work, and thinking about different things at once also doesn't work. Set up your environment to foster this insane level of focus.

    2. Those distances literally look farther to people that for whom it might be harder to make it to that finish line, to navigate that space. We also found that that's the case with motivation, that when people are more motivated to exercise or to make it to that finish line, that motivation can in a sense compensate for that effect of their body on their perception of distance. So that even highly motivated people, people who are highly motivated, even if they have a higher waist to hip ratio might see the distance in a way that suggests it's just as short as people who have a lower waist to hip ratio. So motivation can change our visual experience and align people to experience a world that looks more like a person who'd have an easier time navigating it. So those were two initial findings, sets of findings, that suggested our visual experiences are not just reflective of the world that's out there. But instead it has to do with what is our body capable of doing and what is our brain capable of supplementing, our own motivational states and physical states of our body are working together to shift what it is that we're seeing in the world out there.

      (21:47) There is a clear relation between the body and the brain and they influence each other, at least in terms of perception with regards to motivation.

    3. We prioritize what we see versus what we hear, why is that? Now, what comes to mind when I say that is when, somebody is saying no, but shaking their head yes. And so we have this disconnect, but we tend to prioritize what the action and not what we're hearing. So something that we visually see instead of what we hear.Speaker 1There isn't a definitive answer on that, but one source of insight on why do we do that, it could be related to the neurological real estate that's taken up by our visual experience. There's far more of our cortex, the outer layer of our brain that responds to visual information than any other form of information

      (13:36) Perhaps this is also why visual information is so useful for learning and cognition (see GRINDE)... Maybe the visual medium should be used more in instruction instead of primarily auditory lectures (do take into account redundancy and other medium effects from CLT though)

    1. GRINDE mapping: 1. Grouped: grouping knowledge together 2. Reflective: reflective of your (non-linear) thinking 3. Interconnected: making more & distant connections (stronger than the groups) 4. Non-verbal (visuals) 5. Directional: which relations are the strongest, in which order can you sequence them? 6. Emphasise (visually) the most important things (see directional as well)

    1. In their article, Scientist Spotlight Homework Assignments Shift Students’ Stereotypes of Scientists and Enhance Science Identity in a Diverse Introductory Science Class,” Jeffrey Schinske, Heather Perkins, Amanda Snyder, and Mary Wyer created a “scientist spotlight” weekly homework assignment to introduce counter stereotypical examples of scientists and provide a diverse representation of contributions to science. Each week, students reviewed a resource regarding these scientists’ research and personal history in lieu of other textbook readings. Through their analysis, the scholars were able to study and detect shifts in both scientist stereotypes and the students’ ability to see their possible selves in science.

      This same sort of structure could be useful for introducing students to fellow college students and also professionals who eschew a hyper-connected, frenetic, algorithmic, hustle mindset.

      A way to normalize digital minimalism and slow productivity

  11. Jun 2023
    1. I think we have a responsibility not only to ourselves, but also to each other, to our community, not to use Ruby only in the ways that are either implicitly or explicitly promoted to us, but to explore the fringes, and wrestle with new and experimental features and techniques, so that as many different perspectives as possible inform on the question of “is this good or not”.
    1. The author, Rediscovering Analog, reads a book at least twice, usually. He first reads it mainly for pleasure, just to enjoy it and to see what's in it. During the second time, if applicable, he goes through the book using intellectual (or learning) systems and methodologies to extract value from the book.

      The first pass, which the author terms Scouting, is thus namely for enjoyment, but keeping in mind what might be valuable or interesting that will be valuable in the future, basically an unguided open ear. He has a list of scouted books in each section of the Zettelkasten that might be relevant to the section. What he does is have a stack of physical cards there with just the name of the book and the author, without anything else. Then when author proceeds to extract value from the book, he takes the card out and puts it in the respective book. Afterwards throwing this particular card into the trash. It's a form of the Anti-Library.

      ( Personally, I would include an appropriate reading cost and a level on Adler's hierarchy of books. In addition, I would make sure that my process of orientation, in the Inquiry-Based Learning framework, has been completed before I put it as a book within the Anti-Library. )


      This may not be the most efficient for the purpose of acquiring value, but efficiency is not all there is. Enjoyment is a big part of intellectual work as well, as Antonin Sertillanges argues in his book The Intellectual Life: Its spirit, methods, conditions, as well as Mihaly Csikszentmihaliy in his book Flow.

    1. We use the same model and architecture as GPT-2

      What do they mean by "model" here? If they have retrained on more data, with a slightly different architecture, then the model weights after training must be different.