Writing for mastery is an interesting topic that I’m sure you’ve been personally exploring for years/decades. Writing about writing for mastery seems like an excellent pursuit of benefit to interested readers like myself and your continued evolution as one of the best writers on this platform 👊🏻
Thank you for this post. I'm reminded that I started teaching outdoor skills because I thought I had knowledge to share. I discovered how much I didn't know. When I'm in front of a class, LLMs, Google and the internet are non-starters. I had to learn to say "I don't know" or to prepare for my classes with the anticipation that practical questions would come. Every year I find my students have less and less hands-on eyes-open experience with the subject matter. My curiosity and memory continue to improve because of this.
That is an inspiring post as well, thanks. I have changed my mind and softened many positions I held tightly in recent years. Somehow at about age 50 [a decade ago] I realized that my hardline beliefs were: wrong, partially wrong or inflexible enough to cause problems. I learned to re-assess and often change my views. I was fortunate at one point in my career to have a boss who would say "...before you present me with solutions, try to think about each issue/problem from different viewpoints, 90 and 180 degrees from yours. You'll have better solutions and waste less of my time" That laid the foundation for me to challenge my own perceived "mastery" and to learn avoid decision bias and myopia. Ask me about breakfast sandwiches though and I'll respond as if I think I am a master, LOL.
Writing for mastery is an interesting topic that I’m sure you’ve been personally exploring for years/decades. Writing about writing for mastery seems like an excellent pursuit of benefit to interested readers like myself and your continued evolution as one of the best writers on this platform 👊🏻
Thank you!
Yes, to being the author of my own humanity.
Thank you for this post. I'm reminded that I started teaching outdoor skills because I thought I had knowledge to share. I discovered how much I didn't know. When I'm in front of a class, LLMs, Google and the internet are non-starters. I had to learn to say "I don't know" or to prepare for my classes with the anticipation that practical questions would come. Every year I find my students have less and less hands-on eyes-open experience with the subject matter. My curiosity and memory continue to improve because of this.
Great example!
The real interesting question is, when presented with this useful indication of ignorance, what will we do with it?
We can't know everything, of course. The field of knowledge is too vast.
So I feel like the best approach is something like this:
(https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewperlot/p/how-to-have-worthwhile-opinions-in?r=1xulhu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false)
That is an inspiring post as well, thanks. I have changed my mind and softened many positions I held tightly in recent years. Somehow at about age 50 [a decade ago] I realized that my hardline beliefs were: wrong, partially wrong or inflexible enough to cause problems. I learned to re-assess and often change my views. I was fortunate at one point in my career to have a boss who would say "...before you present me with solutions, try to think about each issue/problem from different viewpoints, 90 and 180 degrees from yours. You'll have better solutions and waste less of my time" That laid the foundation for me to challenge my own perceived "mastery" and to learn avoid decision bias and myopia. Ask me about breakfast sandwiches though and I'll respond as if I think I am a master, LOL.
It's worth checking out Dr Lynne Kelly’s work on memory
I read one of her books on aboriginal memory systems a few years back. Good stuff.
Yes, that's the one.
Great essay that I plan to read again when my brain is fresh (it’s been a long day).
I've hit on a very similar grouping with what I call systems thinking.
1. Insatiable curiosity
2. The humility to know we don't know everything
3. Intentional reframing to look at ideas / problems from different perspectives.
It wraps together in to the idea of Learn, Unlearn, Relearn.
Ya. there are some very interesting studies suggesting that curiosity is our best protection against bias. I'm going to write more about it.
You are know one of my main sources of knowledge when I’m looking for new ways to support my students’ learning :-)
So glad to hear. Thanks!
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cd968c0da757ee90&rlz=1C9BKJA_enAU798AU804&hl=en-GB&sxsrf=AHTn8zrMYjzbnqb_RgaT5LI3s1pI5mn6ig:1742478952294&q=lynne+kelly+books&uds=ABqPDvxbwCoqWdaqBbtiwR2Xzm_eVm6pkZ8b_pZl7r2-foC5gfPdrZ7UOmOmLv3VgrAI4fbkdsEYGSYSJoZhxtHGCTHidbQqlrs2zAJ-8xwVHh5oo8ww_QVnc4TrtRa3mkHFPZ-yn_1XW7vP_I7Fm9-hTiuXq_0pTmorssRe44g66KZRHzHk7wgDkRjWUYl3U9t2kZJNIyPCJM67_87Np2kIGU1B66vulPU9INEKfpjkdZIo1IYhqlBqDi1P9Y4RPOF0PtICK5wC&si=APYL9btKxCh92HKUKILkONGwykuiTax7TPlmEvcpqkv1RkGP8Tj6KFmaEQN22-rfEFK8q5CCDBHgBf6TpDLh3QgE_p9H94YP1T9XmH1UItJz6nKj2schMoQYkD3R_MIdCfZcWzzh23Ta&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjnOv355iMAxUqs1YBHfYIFJ8Qk8gLegQIJBAB&ictx=1&biw=1080&bih=770&dpr=2#ebo=1
Was it a mistake to add Intelligence to Artificial?
Time will tell.
A good one, Andrew.
Thanks, David!