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← You only learn by doing; learning without doing stays too general and abstract.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 13 May 2007 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under education education Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: You only learn by doing; learning without doing stays too general and abstract. You only learn by doing; learning withoutdoing stays too general and abstract. Last stated a year ago 17 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doing creates the desire to learn, while learning purely for its own sake gets empty. — tap to centre the map on it Doing creates the desire to learn,while learning purely for its ownsake gets empty. Last stated a year ago 21 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-21 — 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: 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: You only discover your specific knowledge by acting, in a variety of difficult situations. — tap to centre the map on it You only discover your specificknowledge by acting, in a variety ofdifficult situations. Last stated a year ago 29 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-29 — 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 cannot learn from work you did not do yourself. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot learn from work you didnot do yourself. Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-07-22 — 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: Learning without thinking is wasted effort, and thinking without learning is dangerous — tap to centre the map on it Learning without thinking is wastedeffort, and thinking withoutlearning is dangerous CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — 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: AI tooling has not compressed the gap between great and average engineers: it is still two or three times, and for the same reasons as before — curiosity and appetite for the bleeding edge. — tap to centre the map on it AI tooling has not compressed thegap between great and averageengineers: it is still two or threetimes, and for the same reasons asbefore — curiosity and appetite forthe bleeding edge. Last stated 6 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — 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 You only learn by doing; learning without doing stays too general and abstract. Last stated 17 Jul 2025 · a year ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →