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← Knowledge decays fast when it goes unused, while the feeling a class left behind lasts for decades.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 2 Nov 2004 to 9 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under America America Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Knowledge decays fast when it goes unused, while the feeling a class left behind lasts for decades. Knowledge decays fast when it goes unused,while the feeling a class left behindlasts for decades. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost all of education is organised around knowledge and skills, which are exactly the part that does not last. — tap to centre the map on it Almost all of education is organisedaround knowledge and skills, whichare exactly the part that does notlast. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: What survives an education is not the knowledge but the feeling it left behind. — tap to centre the map on it What survives an education is notthe knowledge but the feeling itleft behind. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Latent experience remains even when specific knowledge is forgotten. — tap to centre the map on it Latent experience remains even whenspecific knowledge is forgotten. Last stated 2 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it A feeling outlasts the memory ofwhat caused it: amnesic patientsstayed sad long after they hadforgotten the sad film they wereshown. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: At some point in evolutionary history, matter learned to feel. — tap to centre the map on it At some point in evolutionaryhistory, matter learned to feel. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feelings people are told not to feel are stored inside, and a later loss can make them break down. — tap to centre the map on it Feelings people are told not to feelare stored inside, and a later losscan make them break down. Last stated 22 years ago 2 Nov 2004 LG Leslie Greenberg — holds since 2004-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nostalgia can be a trap to romanticize the past at the expense of the future — tap to centre the map on it Nostalgia can be a trap toromanticize the past at the expenseof the future Last stated 6 years ago 23 Apr 2021 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Curiosity does not simply fade with age: the general disposition declines while curiosity aroused by a particular thing you care about actually increases. — tap to centre the map on it Curiosity does not simply fade withage: the general dispositiondeclines while curiosity aroused bya particular thing you care aboutactually increases. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise. — tap to centre the map on it A beginner cannot learn frommaterial made for native speakers:at the start, authentic media isnoise. Last stated 3 months ago by 20 Jul 2026 SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known. — tap to centre the map on it A language is a set of skills to bebuilt, not a body of facts to beknown. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Aug 2021 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2021-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured. — tap to centre the map on it A method you hate will end inburnout however well it works forother people, so it should beabandoned rather than endured. Last stated 6 years ago 9 Sept 2020 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Knowledge decays fast when it goes unused, while the feeling a class left behind lasts for decades. Last stated 12 Jul 2022 · 4 years ago Holds Adam Mastroianni Read this korrent →