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How to Solve Technical Problem Sets: Learn as Much as Possible from the Work...
I’ve talked before about how to build adaptive-sets of problems to practice, and why you should use this as your primary vehicle for studying. This article is a detailed description of how you should...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 20: Robin Doner, Finding Yourself, Advice for your 20s,...
On this episode Ryan sits down with his uncle Robin, whom he truly admires. He gives a grounded perspective on the limiting nature of too much freedom, life in your 20s, and how to overcome the...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 21: Amelia Hollow, How to Get Unstuck, Becoming a...
On this episode I have a conversation with Amelia about where we are in our lives, roughly one year (~1.5 for her) out of college, still figuring out what we’re trying to accomplish, and how to move...
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Heuristic – Given a Set of Decisions, I will Choose the Decision that Leads...
Heuristic – Given a Set of decisions, I will choose the decision that leads to a better story (from Wikipedia: Heuristics can be mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making a decision.)...
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Film Notes: Everybody Wants Some
(This post is inspired, in part, by Soraya Simi’s Film School Blog. She writes much smarter articles about filmmaking than I do.) I initially thought (from the first few scenes) that Everybody Wants...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 22: Ian Borukhovich, How to Learn Anything, Information...
Ian Borukhovich: B.S. physics, Ph.D biochemistry, lead of a data science team, musician, hand-balancer, + practitioner of other random skills I finally had the opportunity to make a podcast episode...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 23: Ryan’s Message to his Ex, Guiding Principals, NLP,...
On this shorter episode Ryan and I catch up and share the ideas we’ve been tossing around in our heads recently. This one is jam-packed with actionable advice including: the guiding principles we use...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 24: Danielle Dallas Roosa, Creating a Show, Social...
On this episode I talk with Danielle Dallas Roosa about: the GoFundMe campaign for her new show Missing the Mark and what led her to make it now, how you can be more of your authentic self, and how...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 25: Zoë Mattioli, How to Travel the World at 23,...
On this episode Zoë and I talk about: how to overcome the obstacles preventing you from going on your dream trip now (without needing to borrow money or get a crazy job), how to look inward, how to...
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Unquitting (Graduate) Unschool
This is a follow-up to my first post on this blog, the announcement of my Graduate Unschool project. I am writing this not with the excitement, enthusiasm, and optimism that shines through my original...
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Graduate Unschool Progress Report: Week of 8/1/2016
CourseWhat Was my Goal?What I did...What did I learn?How Can I Improve my Approach?Potential Next Steps... SWEWork for 30 minutes √Decided on objectives & course materialsWhat I'll be doing and...
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Graduate Unschool Progress Report: Week of 8/8/2016
CourseWhat Was my Goal?What I did...What I learned...How Can I Improve my Approach?Potential Next Steps... SWE•Work for 30 minutes √ •Attempt a problem from 6.0042j √ •Start LoS √•Attempted 3-2b...
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Graduate Unschool Progress Report: Week of 8/15/2016
CourseWhat Was my Goal?What I did...What I learned...How Can I Improve my Approach?Potential Next Steps... SWE•Attempt 2 6.0042j problems from ps3 √•Attempted 3-3c, 3-4a,b,f •Attempted & solved...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 26: Chanel Van Eeden, False Cancer Diagnosis,...
On this episode, Chanel and I talk about: how her experience of being misdiagnosed with thyroid cancer changed her perspective and personality, the story of one of her depressive episodes, including...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 27: William Addington, Loneliness, Identifying with...
On this episode William and I discuss: why do people say I am gay and how your sexual orientation can become a defining characteristic of your identity (if you let it), how to ghost, including how we...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 28: Rich Davis, One of the Most Successful Animals on...
On this episode I talk with Rich Davis, man of the lord, about billionaires, emotional state transference, Rich’s ambition and life goals, our obsessive drives for self improvement, how perception...
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Notes: how was your 2016? | OkDork
I recently read Noah Kagan’s article, how was your 2016?, where he reflects on his experiences over the past year, compares them to the original “bucket list” of goals he made at the beginning of the...
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Paleomodern Polymaths 29: Jackson Klein, Grit, Becoming a Finisher, Graduate...
Jackson and I discuss: our different career paths after college (leaving the fields we were trained in), how to develop grit (and it’s importance), our alternative energy solutions as well as our...
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When I was 23… Charlie Griffin feat. Ian Borukhovich, Deanna Naylor, Amelia...
I asked the four people I admired the most in my 23rd year, “what were you doing when you were 23?” and “what are you doing now?“. Then I shared the emotional journey of my 23rd year. Selected Links...
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MIT Course 6.042j: Mathematics for Computer Science
What I did: As a part of my software engineering course for my Graduate Unschool project, I completed the fall 2005 version of MIT’s 6.042j course, Mathematics for Computer Science. This means I read...
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