Just found the piece on Reading and Rabbit Holes by Tyler Cowan (hat tip: Farnam Street - one of the best resources on learning, wisdom, mental models and more). The money quote for me from the …
The Lessons of Ancestry
I've long enjoyed stories of my family's past. I have extremely fond memories of sitting around the kitchen table of my maternal grandparents' Arizona home, and listening to my grandfather tell …
Writing To Learn
“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever …