{"id":3716,"date":"2021-12-31T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2021-12-31T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:47:01","slug":"learning-is-about-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2021\/12\/learning-is-about-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning is about slowing down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cListening to audiobooks at 3x speed is born out of a flawed model of learning \u2014 and it\u2019s the same one that underpins our modern education system. The assumption is that people can acquire knowledge as if it\u2019s a substance they can pour into their minds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perell.com\/essay\/against-3x-speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interesting essay on learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe meaningful parts of a culture, like books, only show up when you give them time. They hide parts of their personality and only reveal themselves once you stop, slow down, and commit to them for a little while.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have to slow down to appreciate context and truly absorb new knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>This is why you should always try food you previously didn\u2019t like again. Take your time, and try again. Maybe the context this time will make you understand this taste. <\/p>\n<p>And then you might even like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cListening to audiobooks at 3x speed is born out of a flawed model of learning \u2014 and it\u2019s the same one that underpins our modern education system. The assumption is that people can acquire knowledge as if it\u2019s a substance they can pour into their minds.\u201d Interesting essay on learning. \u201cThe meaningful parts of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3717,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions\/3717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}