I’ll add something else. I asked my Econ professors in college why I had to learn economic principles. Their almost universal reply: so you can call a spade a spade (when the need comes up). I think this is SO important in the age of prompting AI.
This made me think… maybe the point isn’t the knowledge itself, but who we become while learning it? I remember, many years ago, learning how to type better. That was literally something you had to learn! Where to place each finger, how to type faster using specific exercises, and so on. Today, I see people typing with just two fingers or in ways that probably harm their hands, simply because they never went through those same exercises I did.
So, in a way, I’ve changed because of that seemingly “dumb” learning. Not sure if this connects precisely with the text, but it definitely made me reflect on it.
Mainly, we need to know what to ask, including how and why. Otherwise the bitter side of trail and error we see in games will become more concrete, but without respawn (or at least not be l very pleasant one).
I’ll add something else. I asked my Econ professors in college why I had to learn economic principles. Their almost universal reply: so you can call a spade a spade (when the need comes up). I think this is SO important in the age of prompting AI.
This made me think… maybe the point isn’t the knowledge itself, but who we become while learning it? I remember, many years ago, learning how to type better. That was literally something you had to learn! Where to place each finger, how to type faster using specific exercises, and so on. Today, I see people typing with just two fingers or in ways that probably harm their hands, simply because they never went through those same exercises I did.
So, in a way, I’ve changed because of that seemingly “dumb” learning. Not sure if this connects precisely with the text, but it definitely made me reflect on it.
I also did a course on a old-style typewriter.
f-j-j-f-f-j-j-f
I still type with ten (or actually eight) fingers.
Resonates a lot, thank you so much for reminding us the importance of continuous learning
Mainly, we need to know what to ask, including how and why. Otherwise the bitter side of trail and error we see in games will become more concrete, but without respawn (or at least not be l very pleasant one).