Karpathy on Learning

7 points by sonabinu 3 hours ago | 3 comments

u1hcw9nx 2 hours ago |

Excellent point. The workout analogy is good. When I'm really studying something, I eventually get a 'heavy' or 'warm' feeling in my body from the effort of concentration. You can feel how metabolism increases from the sustained effort.

I think those light videos can work as an introduction, but then you have to start to dig in. Watch something for 20 minutes and make notes. Then study 2 hours with 1 to 2 breaks. I can't keep studying more than 2 hours a day because it's exhausting, but I may do a 30-minute refresh and recap later in the same day.

dominotw 2 hours ago |

ive been debating buying an ipad to improve my learning ergonomics. Anyone use ipad as main learning device?

also i can rarely allocate 4 hrs of time to anything with two young kids at home

microflash 1 hour ago | |

I’ve found that increasing the number of screens is not helpful at all for learning.

What worked for me was building a system that lets me think consistently everyday. And by system, I mean sitting in a library with paper books and if really necessary, with my existing laptop.

dominotw 1 hour ago | | |

i've been mainly using chatgpt to learn. i can drill it endlessly for concept i dont understand. Previously i was forced to move on with holes in understanding.

also the new ui that is more visual is making a huge difference. only think i dont like is that i take a lot of detours but chat is linear instead of a tree.