Should Learning Be Easy?

02/07/2024 1h 16min
Should Learning Be Easy?

Listen "Should Learning Be Easy?"

Episode Synopsis

Should we be taking the fun way, or the hard way in our path to learning something new? Co-founder of OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy thinks the latter. He argues that the "shortification of learning" made popular by short form videos on social media, packaged as a way to learn while being entertained, is a "trap." Instead, he advocates that if one were serious about learning, they should seek out heavier academic content; think textbooks, manuals, documents and research papers. We dissect his argument, and whether there's merit to it, and also ask our listeners whether learning should be easy.Image credit: nimito,123RFSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.