52 Aces
Learning, competition and capitalism
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 20 years, you’ve no doubt heard all about the benefits of living in “The Information Age.” It’s framed as a wondrous, liberating time to be alive, when there are no restrictions on what you can discover or create.
While I don’t think this is exactly wrong, I do think that there are some serious misconceptions about how much information itself is worth.
[Read more…] about The Value of InformationQuora is one of my favorite websites. It’s chock full of amusing, insightful answers to questions about every subject under the sun. Sometimes I write answers, and they’re all about learning, memory and how the brain works.
[Read more…] about Systems & Information
As someone who goes to quite a few tech meetups, I hear people say this on a regular basis. When I mention that I code for a living, I often get a torrent of questions about the best ways to learn. Rather than be a dick and tell them “hey, I wrote book about learning, just read that!”, I end up writing epically long emails about all the factors a newcomer to coding should consider.
In an effort to spend less time writing emails, I decided to create this blog post. Since I’m usually telling people the same things over and over again, it makes sense to just have this information in a single, easily-accessible place.
[Read more…] about Learning How to Program