I’ve also seen along those lines “there is no compression algorithm for experience” - a nice summary of the hn posts from today.
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.
There clearly is though. You don’t remember every detail of every moment that constitutes the experience.
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.