This is very interesting, thank you. I was wondering: how do you balance content between your Substack and Obsidian Publish? Do you have a specific strategy or distinct content categories for each platform?
hey marcella! I would say yeah. Obsidian publish is mainly stuff for 'me' and substack is for stuff that I write for a 'clone of me, with the same interests and skill, of whom I am desperately trying to attract their attention' :)
Great article Afiq. "It seems that the current tools to learn math independently are just not there yet." - this is especially true. What I've learned from casually shadowing friends in current math and physics PhD programs is that advanced math, especially the kind that feels like a intuitive tool that you can grasp and weld to accomplish your research goals, is an enormous barrier to entry. For one, it takes many continuous years to master and manipulate at your will. I'm not sure if there will be a way around this besides just having a really good go at your research problems and making all the right choices that lead to you gradually developing that essential familiarity over time.
thanks Aliya for your kind words. I agree that it takes lots of hard work and dedication. But at the same time I also suspect our current state of things is suboptimal - I think there is room to speed people up just a little bit more, but I am unsure how
This is very interesting, thank you. I was wondering: how do you balance content between your Substack and Obsidian Publish? Do you have a specific strategy or distinct content categories for each platform?
hey marcella! I would say yeah. Obsidian publish is mainly stuff for 'me' and substack is for stuff that I write for a 'clone of me, with the same interests and skill, of whom I am desperately trying to attract their attention' :)
Great article Afiq. "It seems that the current tools to learn math independently are just not there yet." - this is especially true. What I've learned from casually shadowing friends in current math and physics PhD programs is that advanced math, especially the kind that feels like a intuitive tool that you can grasp and weld to accomplish your research goals, is an enormous barrier to entry. For one, it takes many continuous years to master and manipulate at your will. I'm not sure if there will be a way around this besides just having a really good go at your research problems and making all the right choices that lead to you gradually developing that essential familiarity over time.
thanks Aliya for your kind words. I agree that it takes lots of hard work and dedication. But at the same time I also suspect our current state of things is suboptimal - I think there is room to speed people up just a little bit more, but I am unsure how
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