Notes on Teaching Yourself in a Broken System

Learning Outside the Official Script Why is teaching yourself necessary? At some point, you realize that the educational system is not designed for you to think independently, but to fit in. You complete assignments, memorize information, pass exams. That’s it. Rarely are you taught how to learn on your own, or how to pursue what […]

Unlearning: The Hardest Part of Learning

Unlearning Hurts More Than Learning Unlearning, well… what can I say. For a long time, I thought learning meant adding new things. More information, more ideas, more techniques. But over time, I realized that what was holding me back the most wasn’t what I didn’t know, but everything I thought I knew and no longer […]