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ipythonyesterday at 9:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

I’ve also seen along those lines “there is no compression algorithm for experience” - a nice summary of the hn posts from today.


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skybriantoday at 12:34 AM

It seems overly pessimistic about education. Book learning isn't everything, but a physics textbook could be seen as the compression of centuries of experience.

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canjobeartoday at 1:05 AM

There clearly is though. You don’t remember every detail of every moment that constitutes the experience.