Tech — Work — Ramblings

by Mike Kalvas

202208211352 There is no shortcut to learning

There is a story from ancient Greek times of a mathematician telling a ruler there were royal roads for him to walk on, and royal messengers to carry his mail, but there was no royal road to geometry.1

There is no shortcut to learning. It takes hard work over a long period of time to learn and know things. 202109060835 Knowledge is constructed, 202109060836 Knowledge should accumulate over time, 202109060816 Do your own thinking, think critically2, and most importantly, 202109060833 Sapere Aude!

Keep in mind how what we struggle to learn impacts 202208211404 Learning to follow and learning to lead.

  1. Hamming, R. W. (2020). The art of doing science and engineering: Learning to learn (pp.286). Stripe Press. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53349431-the-art-of-doing-science-and-engineering ↩

  2. Thomas, D., & Hunt, A. (2019). The pragmatic programmer, 20th anniversary edition: Journey to mastery (Second edition) (pp. 18). Addison-Wesley. ↩