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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 May 2007 to 28 Jul 2026.
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education
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language learning
Everything filed under curiosity
curiosity
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humility
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Read this korrent: The most interesting things cannot be taught, but everything can be learned.
The most interesting things cannot be taught, but everything can be learned.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What can be shown cannot be said — tap to centre the map on it
What can be shown cannot be said
LW
Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Specific knowledge cannot be trained, because anything you can be trained for, someone else can be trained for too. — tap to centre the map on it
Specific knowledge cannot be trained, because anything you can be trained for, someone else can be trained for too.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody can be taught a language by anyone else; a teacher can help, but the learning is the learner's to do. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody can be taught a language by anyone else; a teacher can help, but the learning is the learner's to do.
Last stated 2 years ago
by 14 Jun 2024
LM
Lýdia Machová — holds since 2024-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it. — tap to centre the map on it
We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Jul 2022
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed. — tap to centre the map on it
“Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires — tap to centre the map on it
No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires
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Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What can be said at all can be said clearly, and whereof one cannot speak one must be silent — tap to centre the map on it
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and whereof one cannot speak one must be silent
LW
Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Where there is a group, an organisation or an institution, there cannot be truth. — tap to centre the map on it
Where there is a group, an organisation or an institution, there cannot be truth.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Mar 2025
KG
Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 4 months ago
27 May 2026
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it
A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops.
Last stated 8 years ago
2 Jun 2018
FS
Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow. — tap to centre the map on it
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
TC
Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — 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 from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise.
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 be built, not a body of facts to be known.
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 in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned 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 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’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous 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 things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, 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 on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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The most interesting things cannot be taught, but everything can be learned.
Last stated 28 Dec 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
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Similar wording
What can be shown cannot be said
Last stated c. 1921
Holds Ludwig Wittgenstein
Similar wording
Specific knowledge cannot be trained, because anything you can be trained for, someone else can be trained for too.
Last stated 28 Dec 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
Similar wording
Nobody can be taught a language by anyone else; a teacher can help, but the learning is the learner's to do.
Last stated by 14 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Lýdia Machová
Similar wording
We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it.
Last stated 12 Jul 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
“Work on what you know” is the worst advice there is: knowledge can be acquired, but what you love cannot be changed.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Blake Scholl
Similar wording
No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires
Last stated c. 1126–1195
Holds Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Similar wording
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and whereof one cannot speak one must be silent
Last stated c. 1921
Holds Ludwig Wittgenstein
Similar wording
Where there is a group, an organisation or an institution, there cannot be truth.
Last stated 6 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Kapil Gupta
Same subject: education
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 27 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young
Same subject: education
A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops.
Last stated 2 Jun 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Felix Salmon
Same subject: education
A design course should start with history and art, grounding students in the world, rather than with tools that may be gone tomorrow.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: language learning
A beginner cannot learn from material made for native speakers: at the start, authentic media is noise.
Last stated by 20 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Steve Kaufmann
Same subject: language learning
A language is a set of skills to be built, not a body of facts to be known.
Last stated 19 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Luca Lampariello
Same subject: language learning
A method you hate will end in burnout however well it works for other people, so it should be abandoned rather than endured.
Last stated 9 Sept 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Luca Lampariello
Same subject: curiosity
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.
Last stated 3 Jul 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: curiosity
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Same subject: curiosity
Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger