Josh Waitzkin
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American former chess prodigy, martial artist and author of The Art of Learning; eight-time national chess champion, two-time world champion in Tai Chi Chuan…
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Learning is unobstructed self-expression, and friction obstructs it (opens korrents.com)
“I think of learning as unobstructed self-expression. So friction is a form of obstruction.”
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Being willing to look absurd can be an underused advantage when learning (opens korrents.com)
“I mean, embracing looking absurd in certain moments is a very interesting hack to what others might not be taking advantage of in the learning process.”
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Learning a principle can teach far more than learning a single technique (opens korrents.com)
“So I think to answer your question, conceptual learning has been—when you learn a technique, you’re learning one thing, when you’re learning a principle that embodies a technique, you might be learning a thousand things.”
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Learning is unobstructed self-expression, and friction obstructs it (opens korrents.com)