Hacking Passion
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Argues that talent is skill not a genetic boolean and lays out a concrete practice system: drills, simulations, case studies, direct practice, imitation with focus on short feedback loops, repetition and targeted warping of tasks. Gives numbers and milestones — typing job at 80 words per minute, a 25th birthday pivot, 18 months to pass prerequisites, acceptance to aerospace and molecular biology programs — and names tools like the bash prompt and the Dreyfus model for leveling up.
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