Understanding Time-Tested Ideas
- Knowlege has a half-life. - Focus on reading basic ideas that have stood the test of time.
- Useful knowledge = broad-based multidisciplinary education of the basics.
- These ideas last a long time. - By last, they mean mathematical expectation.
Combine these concepts to better understand them.
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