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← Doing creates the desire to learn, while learning purely for its own sake gets empty.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Doing creates the desire to learn, while learning purely for its own sake gets empty. Doing creates the desire to learn, whilelearning purely for its own sake getsempty. Last stated a year ago 21 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: You only learn by doing; learning without doing stays too general and abstract. — tap to centre the map on it You only learn by doing; learningwithout doing stays too general andabstract. Last stated a year ago 17 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The means of learning are abundant; it is the desire to learn that is scarce. — tap to centre the map on it The means of learning are abundant;it is the desire to learn that isscarce. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Feb 2026 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading and listening are only preparation; learning happens by doing, and it consists of failing on the way to mastery. — tap to centre the map on it Reading and listening are onlypreparation; learning happens bydoing, and it consists of failing onthe way to mastery. Last stated 3 years ago 26 Mar 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: You only retain what you were pushed to your limit on: if learning feels like coasting, you are not learning. — tap to centre the map on it You only retain what you were pushedto your limit on: if learning feelslike coasting, you are not learning. Last stated 2 years ago 25 May 2024 CR Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning is not training: a child learns by actively trying things and seeing what happens, not by being shown what to do. — tap to centre the map on it Learning is not training: a childlearns by actively trying things andseeing what happens, not by beingshown what to do. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker. — tap to centre the map on it Solving a problem yourself, withoutsearching or prompting, is a form ofexercise -- the help makes youweaker. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Learning is unobstructed self-expression, and friction obstructs it — tap to centre the map on it Learning is unobstructedself-expression, and frictionobstructs it Last stated 7 years ago 27 Feb 2020 JW Josh Waitzkin — holds since 2020-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: In choosing what to learn, who is teaching it matters more than what it is, because your existing interests are fairly arbitrary and a good educator is not. — tap to centre the map on it In choosing what to learn, who isteaching it matters more than whatit is, because your existinginterests are fairly arbitrary and agood educator is not. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 3 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Doing creates the desire to learn, while learning purely for its own sake gets empty. Last stated 21 Jul 2025 · a year ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →