Learning how to Learn
summary
A yearlong self-study produces 52 weekly posts and a public content pipeline — blog → podcast (basecs) → video series on devto — that aims to turn opaque CS into usable explanations. Learning workflow centers on a notebook of things I don't know and the Feynman technique: 4 steps (identify topic, explain simply, find gaps, simplify into a narrative). Concrete outcomes: filled notebooks, reproducible lessons, less fear of abstractions, and more approachable documentation and teaching artifacts.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Start
- 1:47SKYLIGHT
- 9:48learning new things is hard
- 12:11learn and understand things
- 12:22The Great Explainer
- 14:24NOTEBOOK OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
- 16:30Feynman Technique
- 16:55four steps
- 17:41explain it someone 2 who'd know nothing about the topic
- 18:03plain, simple terms
- 19:25brevity
- 21:383 identify any gaps
- 22:25organize & simplify into a narrative
- 22:56simple sentences for storytelling
- 23:41analogies to make the abstract more concrete
- 24:05glorified, high-class, very fast but stupid filing system.
- 24:51tests our understanding, challenges our assumptions
- 25:21you don't know what you don't know
- 25:57I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.
- 28:29making knowledge accessible opens doors for others
- 28:59tech needs more great explainers
- 30:52learning new things is empowering
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