Read easier textbooks

#autodidacting

Even though slogging through tough textbooks makes you feel sophisticated and smart, don’t.

Pick an easy textbook. But don't read it in full! Apply 20/80, ruthlessly skim. Read several textbooks at once.

Allow yourself to learn approximate models.

From www.greaterwrong.com/posts/cumc876woKaZLmQs5/lessons-i-ve-learned-from-self-teaching

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