The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
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Brilliance gets a bit buried
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Waitzkin has so much to offer the rest of us in his rare ability, coupled with genuine desire and earthy enthusiasm, to disassemble the learning process -- as applied to both chess and Tai Chi at their highest levels --and then disseminate it. So much so that I believe this book is, unfortunately, about 10 years premature. I think he's not yet done unraveling How We Learn, and will have more revelations before he's through which will beg similar synthesization and impartment.
Essentially, I think the book, as good at times as it was, missed the mark because 1) it was premature -- he is still growing as a writer and philosophical thinker (although already much better than the vast majority of us) 2) it was not well edited. It was too many things, mixed too much together.
I think a 'revised & expanded' version of this book in a decade or so could be truly seminal. The raw material is already there, but too buried. He also needs some background in Education so he can bring that into his discussion. E.g. some of the things he talks about, such as integrating technical information until it becomes natural intelligence, there are already terms for such as 'scaffolding,' 'automaticity.' He is not inventing the wheel, but adding richness and layers, through his singular expertises, to what is already known. |
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