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Patrick McKenzie@patio11• over 5 years ago

I got about ~40% faster solving sudoku after casually watching an hour of YouTube (turns out sudoku YouTube is a thing) and now I’m wondering how many other things in life are shaped like this.

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Patrick McKenzie@patio11• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

You would not guess that level of improvement trivially available for someone who had been on math team and casually solved a few hundred sudoku puzzles over the years, right?

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Patrick McKenzie@patio11• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

I'm wondering in particular how much routine cognitive work, like mortgage underwriting or radiology diagnosis or what have you, is "Watch an expert narrate this process and show you a few things from their toolkit which you'll apply 15 times a day for forever" improvable.

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Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFong• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

@patio11 80%

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

@patio11 Might be harder to figure out what things are not shaped like this

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hjort@rikardhjort• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

@patio11 Salary negotiation is like this for many in software, and I would not be surprised if you've raised salaries by ~50% for a few people by suggesting smart strategies.

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Patrick McKenzie@patio11• over 5 years ago

Replying to @rikardhjort

@rikardhjort This has definitely happened, although most of the 50% club are folks who were motivated enough to switch over it.

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priya@Prigoose• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

@patio11 Julius Yego learned javelin from YouTubeHe won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics https://t.co/gFAAKTXSen

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priya@Prigoose• over 5 years ago

Replying to @Prigoose

@patio11 source: @SamoBurja https://t.co/qHCOZjFV67

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andrew (in CS teacher mode) 🌹@__drewface• over 5 years ago

Replying to @patio11

@patio11 This is how most people get good at video games, in my experience.

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